Re: Unicode fonts in gs

[L. Peter Deutsch]

> GS can support Unicode if the proper font is installed and selected.  GS
> distribution doesn't include Unicode fonts. AFAIK the complete Unicode
> font doesn't exist.
> 
> A subset of Unicode font can be composed from existing fonts, but it is a
> non-trivial exercise for a PS programmer.

Bitstream used to distribute a free font called Cyberbit that supported a
large subset of Unicode (including Chinese characters).  I have a copy, but
its license prohibits redistribution.

Many reasonably recent Microsoft TrueType fonts are Unicode-based, and the
most recent Ghostscript versions can handle them.  If you can find a TTF
that contains the characters you need, Ghostscript should do OK with it
(although not at screen resolution, since Ghostscript omits the TTF
"hinting" mechanism because of patents).

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