Re: [cjk] Installation Cyberbit as PostScript font failed

[amigolang]

Hello,

yes, I am on Windows 7. 

In the moment I must admit, that I don't know, how to include the fonts into the final PDF. To include them for the Noto font seems to be a good idea though, as that font will not be installed on most systems, and up to now I share my work with some colleagues and friends.

Do you think, that Simsun is even bigger than the Noto fonts code-point coverage-wise (I think, you read my last email concerning the limited success with the Noto font)?

Concerning the risky task: Of course you are right! Even more: I have the same problem with some insertations in Latin, old Greek and Arabic.

Fortunately I work in a big company, which as well employs many foreigners, under them being Chinese, Greek and Arabic people. 

So in the past I first looked up translations from the internet and on that base had some help with Latin, old Greek and Arabic. In the moment for those Chinese citations I have 3-4 books with translations. So I hope for the future and my Chinese colleagues... ;-)))

Thank you for your helpful hints!

Thorsten

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Von: Hin-Tak Leung <address@hidden> 
Datum: 31.05.17  15:39  (GMT+01:00) 
An: amigolang <address@hidden> 
Cc: Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>, address@hidden 
Betreff: Re: [cjk] Installation Cyberbit as PostScript font failed 

Hi,

If you are on windows, you can probably even use one of Microsoft's fonts for latex. simsun is extremely big code-point coverage-wise if you want a serif font; the newer chinese fonts (msjh , msyh , both sans) are also quite nice. I'd stay away from mingliu, mostly because it had not worked work well in the past with open-source applications. Be aware that there might be legal issues if you choose to distribute your work as pdf with embedded fonts. 

While http://ctext.org/ is well-respected; as even its own commentery says, there are different copy-edited versions out there; some of them are well-respected too. Writing and quoting texts somewhat extensively from a language one doesn't read sounds like a risky task :-). Good luck.

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On Wed, 31/5/17, amigolang <address@hidden> wrote:

 Dear Hin-Tak,
 if I try to read antique German
 ("Althochdeutsch"), I nearly don't understand
 a word -- and that is about thousand years younger!
 ;-)))
 Your email helped me further, not only concerning
 my actual LaTeX problem.
 I already learned before, that especially the
 chapters 40--43 (the canons and explanations) are a bit
 difficult to read nowadays, not only due to the old
 language,  but also to the fact, that the order of the
 paragraphs got into a muddle and some signs probably got
 exchanged mistakenly -- typical problems of handwriting eras
 worldwide...
 As I don't speak Chinese myself, every hint
 to what the text meant originally is welcome -- it
  either seems to deal with a concave mirror or a
 pinhole...
 As in the moment I try to write a historical
 text, I would rather like to stay with the original signs,
 eventuell if that adds to my problems...
 Many thanks for your valuable
 hints!Thorsten
 
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 Gerät gesendet.