The Development of Adobe-Japan1-4 & Mac OS X OpenType Fonts
Ken Lunde - Adobe Systems, Inc. & Yasuo Kida - Apple Computer, Inc.
| Intended Audience: |
Manager, Software Engineer, Systems Analyst, Marketer, Font Developer |
| Session Level: |
Intermediate |
Background:
Adobe Systems and Morisawa began work on the
Adobe-Japan1-4 character collection in early 1996, and was
completed in early 2000 with the cooperation of companies such as
Apple Computer and Fontworks. The purpose of Adobe-Japan1-4 is to
be able to build font products that satisfy most of the
professional and commercial printing needs in Japan. Apple,
working with Dainippon Screen, has developed several
Adobe-Japan1-4 OpenType fonts for Mac OS X.
Statement of Purpose:
A representative from Adobe Systems, Ken
Lunde, will describe the process of defining the Adobe-Japan1-4
character collection, along with the definition of the many
OpenType features that make its glyphs accessible in applications
such as Adobe InDesign-J. A representative from Apple Computer,
Yasuo Kida, will describe the implementation issues that were
encountered during the development of the Mac OS X fonts, and also
how Mac OS X accesses unencoded glyphs through AAT (Apple Advanced
Typography) tables.
Conclusions:
Attendees will become familiar with the structure and
intent of the Adobe-Japan1-4 character collection, along with
advanced typographic features and system-level support in Mac OS
X. Participants will be able to draw on the experiences from both
Adobe Systems and Apple Computer, in order to significantly
simplify their own development efforts.
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