UniHan Variation: Issues and Solutions
Richard Cook - University of
California, Berkeley
| Intended Audience: |
Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers |
| Session Level: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Statement of Purpose:This presentation is concerned with introducing the audience to
the issues relating to solutions to the Han variant problem (CJKV
Unified Ideographs). Paper Description:The UCS now encodes a large number of variant CJKV character
forms of various types, some of which have relative mappings, many
of which do not. On the basis of IRG member submissions for
Extension C1, a very large number of additional encoded variants
seem imminent. This presentation introduces the audience to the kinds of
variation encountered in the encoded CJKV character set, and to
proposed methods for coping with this variation in software
implementations. In particular, the discussion will have the following three
parts:
- Key concepts relating to a typology of Han variation.
- A possible method for applying variation selectors to Han.
- The fundamentals of a formal CJKV character description
language.
This illustrated talk will conclude with demonstration of
proprietary software implementing a stroke-based FreeType font for
Unicode 3.2 UniHan. |
