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From: goward@ogccse.ogc.edu (Philip Goward)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: 16 bit characters
Keywords: 16-bit font
Message-ID: <5203@ogccse.ogc.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 89 16:25:33 GMT
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Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR
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I've been wondering how PostScript adapts to 16-bit fonts, such
as Kanji. How are characters with codes > 255 accessed? Does the
'show' command take 2 character bytes at a time to form a single
character? If so, what order do the bytes go in? first+256*second,
or second+256*first? If not, is some sort of escape sequencing
used? Nothing in the PostScript reference books seems to mention
16-bit fonts. Is there any documentation readily available?

Philip Goward.

goward@cse.ogc.edu