Han Character Font Sharing across Incompatible Bitmap File Formats
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چکیده
We identify the problem of sharing Han character font across incompatible bitmap le formats and discuss the related issues. The ideal solution should meet the requirements including independence of character code schemes, such as GB2312-80, Big5, and Unicode, no conversion of existing bitmap font les, storage eeciency, exibility, exten-sibility, platform independence, as well as simplicity. Basic principles of how to achieve the above requirements are described. As a realization of the ideas, a new Han character bitmap font speciication format, called HBF, has been developed and is presented here. In fact, the HBF approach allows the sharing of xed-pitch fonts (hanzi bitmap fonts in particular) described in HBF format easily.
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