December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
33h 22m
English
Content preview from CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 6: Font Formats, Glyph Sets, and Font Tools
fonts are the most common sizes used for text. e text of this book, for example, is set in
10.2-point Minion Pro. e subject of typographic units of measurement, including other
versions or interpretations of the point, is a topic covered in Chapter 7.
is chapter covers what I consider to be the most popular font formats, either because
they are widely used or have easily obtainable specications for developers, or both. ere
are a myriad of font formats out there—bitmapped, vector, and outline—and it would be
impossible (and impractical) to describe them all in this book. One font format, speci-
cally OpenType, stands out from the others because it has become the most widely used
and accepted. Your attention should thus be focused on the details of OpenType fonts.
Only the major CJKV type foundries have the appropriate level of design expertise and
human resources necessary to create CJKV typefaces that contain thousands or tens of
thousands of high-quality glyphs. Some of these CJKV type foundries include Adobe
Systems (U.S. and Japan), Arphic Technology (Taiwan), Biblos Font (Japan), Changzhou
SinoType Technology (China), Dainippon Screen (Japan), DynaComware (Taiwan and
Japan), Enfour Media Laboratory (Japan), Fontworks (Japan), Founder Group (China),
Hanyang Information & Communications (Korea), Hanyi Keyin ...
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