Re: Japanese font for Performer

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Paul Sherman (paul++at++bham-ht.bioc.uab.edu)
Fri, 28 Feb 1997 09:28:08 -0600 (CST)

> Hi,
> Has anyone used Japanese fonts under Performer ? If so,
> where can one obtain the fonts and how does she use it under
> Performer ? Thanks.
>
> Clifton Liu

Katakana, Hirigana, Kanji or all of the above? I have not downloaded any of
the fonts for the SGI yet (my linux box has them, as do many of the linux
distributions - Slackware for example) but they are all out there.

Do you want 2d or 3d text? For 2d, get the X fonts (they come in several
different sizes) and use the opengl postdraw stuff that has been previously
posted to info-performer. For 3D, probably grab type1 fonts and use the
performer text extensions. I have had less luck finding type1 kanji fonts on
the net. You may have to pay for them.

As for actually using the fonts, I have not clue how you access any
particular character in those fonts in X or for type1. Walnut Creek puts out
a CD on Japanese Text processing for Linux which might help. I can hunt down
the reference if you want.

                Paul Sherman
                paul++at++ht.com

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