Re: [gtk-i18n-list] Far Eastern fonts for embedded Linux

["Abel Cheung" <abelcheung gmail com>]

On 7/18/07, mpsuzuki hiroshima-u ac jp <mpsuzuki hiroshima-u ac jp> wrote:
> About Thai scripts, I have no idea on particular fonts to
> recommend. Linux TLE (Thai Language Environment) project
> may have some free fonts for the screen of desktop PC, but
> I'm not sure bitmap font is used.

Thai Linux Working Group provides a set of fonts, sample available on [1]
and downloadable in [2]. This set of fonts is available on Debian and
Ubuntu, though I don't know the situation in other Linux distro and Unices.

With 10MB limit, I'd say TTF for Chinese is not very feasible, even when
subsetted as suggested by mpsuzuki. Better choose bitmap fonts. WQY
is a good choice for simplified Chinese, though its traditional Chinese part
has some glitches. OTOH, another set of fonts created by Firefly [4] has
good trad. Chinese support but will never cover simplified Chinese.

Situation is better for Korean. There is a set of Korean fonts of high quality,
called UnFonts [3]. The largest TTF in the font suite is 4MB, though UnBatang
is recommended, which is about 3.5MB. Also packaged in some Linux distro.

[1] http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Thai.html
[2] ftp://linux.thai.net/pub/thailinux/software/thai-ttf/
[3] http://kldp.net/projects/unfonts/
[4] http://www.study-area.org/apt/firefly-font/

> Regards,
> mpsuzuki
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