Readme.doc (about font CK_K version 301.001) ============================================ Mar. 25. 1992 SPRING System and OMNIGENA Co. Have Fun With Chinese Characters! We are providing some Chinese characters from our high quality fonts for your fun. CH_K.PFB and CH_K.GSF each contain (the same) 94 modern (or simplified,'short') Chinese characters in Kaishu style (the printed style that is closest to brush writing) from our OUTLINE fonts. If you are Chinese or like to add an exotic touch to your greeting cards, invitations, titles etc., you'll find them pleasant and useful. CH_K.PFB can be used by Adobe Type Manager under MS-Windows 3.x, and CH_K.GSF can be used by Ghostscript. Both of these fonts have been tested under these software. HOW TO USE 1. Install: For Adobe Type Manager, use ATM to install Hanzi-Kaishu onto your Harddisk; for Ghostscript, copy CH_K.GSF to your Ghostscript directory and add the line: \Hanzi-Kaishu (ch_k.gsf) \StandardEncoding 4988600 ; to the file FONTMAP. 2. The name of this sample font is 'Hanzi-Kaishu'. In Adobe Type Manager, you can choose the font directly from the menu, but in Ghostscript you need to type in the full name. 3. You can find all the Chinese characters provided as well as their Oct. -codes and key in the files 'CHAR.PS' and 'CHAR.WRI'. Under Adobe Type Manager, you can use these characters by typing in the key. You can type in the Oct.-codes directly in Ghostscript too. 4. The files 'CIHUI.PS' and 'CIHUI.WRI' contain a listing of some of the meaningful combinations of these characters, together with their meaning in English. NOTES 1. CH_K.PFB and CH_K.GSF are public domain software and copyrighted by SPRING System. That is to say, you are free to downlaod their contents from the network, copy and distribute them. You can also apply them for any non-commercial use. But you may not, without previous consent from SPRING System, to include their contents in any commerical product or commercial demo programs, electronic device or otherwise. 2. The format of the outline fonts is based on Postscript Level 2.0 and Adobe Type 1 Font Format. We understand that Adobe has put in some new commands in their latest versions to make the printing of oriental charaters easier, these commands by themselves are nevertheless far from sufficient to produce high-quality Chinese characters in print. This makes it impossible for us to include all our design parameters in the font in question. We also haven't included the Stem Hints commands here, since the font provided is meant for large characters only. Users should choose a size above 16 pt (180 dpi) or 14 pt (300 dpi). WHO ARE WE -- SPRING SYSTEM, Germany and OMNIGENA Co, Taiwan, a joint venture for Chinese software development, are now designing a series of intelligent Chinese software suitable not only for native speakers or users of Chinese, but even for beginner learners of the language. -- Our SPRING TEXTSYSTEM 2.3 (available since Dec 1990) is a Chinese word processor that is based on keyboard sound input, and you only need to type in the accurate sound, in Pinyin or Zhuyin of Chinese compounds (less the tones) to have the characters generated by the system. (see Appendix) -- We are also completing our outline fonts project, to provide the highest quality fonts available on the market. Our complete set of fonts include both the Jiantizi ('modern', 'simplified', or 'short' characters used in mainland China and Singapore) and Fantizi ('classical', 'full', or 'long' characters used in Taiwan and Hong Kong). -- We are now going heavily into developing a Chinese database management software, your ideas and opinions are greatly appreciated. -- Please contact us under the following addresses, if you'd like to request any improvement on the font we provide here, or if you'd like to know more about us: Dr. Zhang Zhaoyuan Mr. Wong Yi SPRING SYSTEM OMNIGENA Co Zuernstrasse. 2 A305 P.O. Box 63-64 W-8700 Wuerzburg Taichung, Taiwan Germany R.O.C. You can get a free copy of the font (Ch_K.PFB and CH_K.GSF together with Demoversion of the SPRING TEXTSYSTEM 2.3) from us too. We charge postage only: Europe: DM 5; Taiwan: NT 50; Other Areas (by air): US$ 5. -- Your Comments and Suggestions can also mail to luo@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Appendix The main features of SPRING Textsystem 2.3 ========================================== - SPRING 2.3 runs on the IBM AT and compatibles with VGA card. - Simple Input and easy correction of Chinese characters. - Cizu Input with main and personal dictionaries. The main dictionary contains over 86,000 Chinese multicharacter terms (up to seven syllables) and a very fast search function which is also valid for multisyllabic Pinyin or Zhuyin terms. The personal dictionaries can be extended and changed online. The main dictionary can be extended (up to 200,000) and edited with the aid of a separately priced Dictionary-editor. - Problem-free loading, storing and printing of all printable ASCII characters (including German umlauts, French accents and Cyrillic characters). - Loading, storage and conversion of GB-code texts and of Big-5 code texts. - Direct, correct conversion between Jiantizi and Fantizi. - Selectable and online readable phrasebox for the creation of a Western-Chinese dictionary. - Key functions for Chinese and Western special characters can be changed online. - Online Help can be extended by user as required. - Simple screen-menu operation and easy editing with the common functions of Western word processing programs. - Correction and aesthetic printout of Western and Chinese text. With the exception of Courier, all fonts are printed proportionally. Up to 60 different fonts and sizes can be used in a single text. The printout allows many useful text formats for Western and Chinese text. - Mouse support. - Hi memory support. - Chinese font edit in WYSIWIG mode with scaling, block copy, block overlap and block move functions, mouse support; use of reference fonts. ------------------------------------- Postscript(TM) is a trademark of Adobe System, incorporated; Ghostscript is an interpreter of Ghostscript language, which very closely resembles the Postscript(TM) language, from Aladdin Enterprises. Adobe Type Manager is an Adobe Type 1 font program interpreter from Adobe System, incorporated MS-Windows(TM) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation