Subject: Re: PostScript Chinese Fonts

From: Samuel Lam <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 90 00:33:43 PDT

> Several of us are interested in a good Chinese Postscript font for
> the Mac but we have had a real hard time finding out more information.
> Does it exist??

AsiaGraphics (at <[email-masked]>) produces both complex
and simplified PostScript Chinese fonts.  However, these can only be
used on PostScript printers which support 2-byte characters.  (Most,
if not all, PostScript interpreters available in North America support
only 1-byte characters.)

Some PostScript devices which support 2-byte characters are:  Apple
LaserWriter II model NTX-J (Japan) and NTX-A (Asia), and some models
of the Linotype and Varityper typesetters.

I was recently told by AsiaGrphics that because 2-byte PostScript
printers aren't yet available in Canada, they have no plan to
release these fonts here yet.

...Sam
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