sarrel@sob.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) (03/13/88)
Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a font of Kanji character. I'd prefer one for the LW, but just about anything will do. --Thanks -=- Marc Sarrel The Ohio State University 611 Harely Dr #1 Department of Computer and Information Science Columbus, OH 43202-1835 sarrel@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Disclaimer: Hey, what do I know? I'm only a grad student.
leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/14/88)
sarrel@sob.cis.ohio-state.edu(Marc Sarrel) writes in comp.sys.mac >Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a font of Kanji character. I'd >prefer one for the LW, but just about anything will do. >--Thanks You should definately look into the KanjiTalk Interface System from Apple (available from APDA for about $20). It allows you to enter Kanji text in a very nice form (in ANY application) in either Hiragana or Katakana form and comes with a couple of fonts. I do not believe that LW Fonts are included becuase of the complexity (and size) of the Kanji character set, but the IW fonts are quite clean and (I assume) will print just fine to an LW. (Care to elaborate Jordan??) +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ + + Any thing I say may be taken as + + Leonard Rosenthol + fact, then again you might decide+ + President, LazerWare, inc. + that it really isn't, so you + + + never know, do you?? + + leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu + + + GEnie: MACgician + + + Delphi: MACgician + + + + + +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) (03/17/88)
In article <46100112@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > You should definately look into the KanjiTalk Interface System from >Apple (available from APDA for about $20). It allows you to enter Kanji text >in a very nice form (in ANY application) in either Hiragana or Katakana form >and comes with a couple of fonts. Does this work with HyperCard? That is, if I get it, will I be able to set up a "Japanese field" so that everything in it is displayed as Kanji? Does it have anything that allows correct pronunciation of Japanese words? -- Howard A. Landman {oliveb,hplabs}!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard howard%cpocd2.intel.com@RELAY.CS.NET
jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson) (03/17/88)
Dear Leonard - No, you did a fine job. Though you might want to add that the next version (KanjiTalk 2.0) will be shipping from APDA in June or July. This package will have better ImageWriter fonts for Kanji.
leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/17/88)
jordan@Apple.COM(Jordan Mattson) writes in comp.sys.mac > No, you did a fine job. Though you might want to add that the next >version (KanjiTalk 2.0) will be shipping from APDA in June or July. This >package will have better ImageWriter fonts for Kanji. While we are on the subject could you also elaborate on the current status of the other Interface Systems such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese and any' other new ones in the works. I, and I sure others, would like to know... +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ + + Any thing I say may be taken as + + Leonard Rosenthol + fact, then again you might decide+ + President, LazerWare, inc. + that it really isn't, so you + + + never know, do you?? + + leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu + + + GEnie: MACgician + + + Delphi: MACgician + + + + + +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (03/21/88)
howard@cpocd2.UUCP(Howard Landman) writes in comp.sys.mac >In article <46100112@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >> You should definately look into the KanjiTalk Interface System from >>Apple (available from APDA for about $20). It allows you to enter Kanji text >>in a very nice form (in ANY application) in either Hiragana or Katakana form >>and comes with a couple of fonts. > >Does this work with HyperCard? That is, if I get it, will I be able to set up >a "Japanese field" so that everything in it is displayed as Kanji? Although I have not tried it, there is NO reason why you should not be able to do so. I am working with the Hebrew Interface and Hypercard without any problems, and therefore I believe that you should have no problem with the Kanji Interface as well. One recommendation is to use Hypercard 1.1 which has better support for foreign systems. > >Does it have anything that allows correct pronunciation of Japanese words? > If you are asking if there is any way to pass the words to MacinTalk to have them pronounced teh answer is NO, but it would be an interesting piece of code to write. I did some work once (got about 3/4 done) getting Hebrew to work with MacinTalk using my own Filter routine, but have not finished it due to other projects. If you are willing to write the filter, then it is possible otherwise, nada. +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ + + Any thing I say may be taken as + + Leonard Rosenthol + fact, then again you might decide+ + President, LazerWare, inc. + that it really isn't, so you + + + never know, do you?? + + leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu + + + GEnie: MACgician + + + Delphi: MACgician + + + + + +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
Mike_G_Newman@cup.portal.com (03/24/88)
Re: Kanji-talk and Hypercard. Kanji talk works fine with Hypercard. On this topic, is someone out there perhaps working on a Japanese language learning system with Kanji talk and Hypercard> I have been dabbling at such a thing myself and would be interested in learning of the development efforts of others. I just finished a quick-and-dirty 'learn Kana' stack. However, I didn't use Kanji Talk because I wanted to use a bolder and bigger Hiragana font than is available with Kanji Talk. My plan is to develop a larger 'learn kanji' stack that would, of necessity, use the Kanji-talk Kanji font set. I am a bit frustrated now because I can't get Kanji-talk to work with multifinder. Will the celebrated version 2.0 be multifinder compatible? Regards from Mike G Newman, on Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands.
bayes@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Bayes) (03/26/88)
Re: KanjiTalk Could someone take a few minutes to explain what KanjiTalk is? Does it just provide a Kanji font? If so, to what level? JIS level I? Level II? Some other basis? Is the font extendable? Is a font editor included? What font sizes can it handle? Can fonts scale (probably pretty ugly)? How is input accomplished? Kana-Kanji conversion? (you input kana, the machine looks up kanji for it, dumbly or context-sensitively, you accept /reject/choose lookup) Some other method? The package I wrote many years ago in Japan used a ~3000 cell matrix on a tablet, much like a Japanese-language typewriter. What word-processors can be used with KanjiTalk? I have WriteNow!, and my wife loves it. She would be the main client for Kanji usage. She is not especially computer-friendly, so wouldn't want to have to use a brain-damaged editor. Either would I for that matter, having tasted of the Mac. Does it use JIS-14 or JIS-15 character sets? Can I communicate documents to/from other computers with something like RedRyder? Can I sample it before slapping down $20+$20 with APDA? Is there another way to get it than via APDA? What documentation is included? Scott "kome-atama" Bayes bayes@hpfclw