Subject: China to Force Standard Character Fonts for Computers

From: [email-masked] (Qiang Wan)
Date: 1 May 90 16:12:29 GMT

People's Daily, oversea's edition, April 19, 1990
<Xinhua News Agency>

(Correspondent Li Xiguang)
Today, the (PRC) National Techonology Supervision Bureau announced the
Standards for Chinese Character Fonts for Computers. From now
on, all other fonts are to be removed from the market.
The Bureau's spokesman declare that starting July 1st of this year,
computer manufacturers, research institutes and all the computer
users across the nation should stop using the old fonts.
According to the spokesman, this standard set of fonts are not only
superior in quality than the old ones, but also closer to the
traditional Chinese printing characters. The fonts also suit the
requirement of existing printers and video display terminals.
The spokesman pointed out that this standard is to be implemented
forcefully. No unit or individual could duplicate, manufacture and
distribute the fonts database chips in the national or international
market without permission. All imported products that are to be
distributed in the Chinese market must use this standard too.
Legal actions will be taken against any one who is found to
ignore this standard.