Markus Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote:
> > I need variable-width fonts which includes reasonable-proportion
> > glyphs of latin/greek/cyrillic/katakana/hiragana/katakana/ideograph/hangul.
> > In such fonts, hiragana/katakana/ideograph/hangul will have larger width
> > than average latin, just like "W" has larger width than average latin.
>
> We need a few heroes who start the TrueType equivalent of the Unifont and
> misc-fixed projects. Once you set up reasonably pleasant style guide
> lines, there will surely be lots of volunteers to help. In particular,
> don't be afraid of scanning in and magnifying pleasant existing fonts from
> paper and use these as starting points for your glyphs. That's what many
> font designers do. Knuth copied pages from his early books onto millimeter
> paper when he started developping Computer Modern.
It should be noted that in many countries (not the US however) font
designs are copyrightable. So, if you are planning to do this, you
need to choose sufficiently old paper / fonts as your source material.
Regards,
Owen
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