Re: unifont-jp: replace hiragana and katakana with izumi font?

[Paul Hardy]

Roy Tam,

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:48 PM <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think hiragana and katakana with izumi font looks better than the
> one in unifont currently.
> and for half-width katakana, izumi font has separated "ANK" font named
> "Izumi Futura Light 16 dot Futura Light ANK font" in
> http://izumilib.web.fc2.com/izumi-bf/dl-eng.html.
>
> Regards,
> Roy

I can make both replacements in the unifont_jp version in the next
release, because it is such a new font for the Unifont package.  That
would also allow others to compare the versions in unifont and
unifont_jp to provide feedback if they prefer the original Unifont
version.   Because I just released Unifont 13.0.01, I would like to
wait a while to see if any bug reports come in for that release so I
can correct those at the same time.  That would also give me time to
make some other cosmetic changes I'd like to make in Unifont.

I have also updated the page on Japanese fonts, and have posted a
utility program I wrote to convert FONTX2 fonts to BDF fonts there.
Please see the new information about FONTX2 fonts on this page and let
me know if you spot any errors:

     http://unifoundry.com/japanese/index.html

I don't think the fontx2bdf program will become part of Unifont, so if
you spot bugs in it just email me directly about them.

Thank you,


Paul Hardy