Topic: How did they do Asian characters on computers before high-res?

Anonymous 783003da8b35bf3cb44cfdf23dbc1be1 started this discussion 3 months (2008-07-05 20:02:35 UTC) ago:

I don't get it.

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Anonymous bb5fa0687f2e258e2c5a9b937bcef8d4 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-06 14:49:31 UTC) ago, 19 hours later (#30,683):

Anonymous 783003da8b35bf3cb44cfdf23dbc1be1 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-06 14:57:47 UTC) ago, 8 minutes later (#30,684):

@30,683

High resolution computer screens. Japanese characters aren't exactly simple and easily drawn with just a few pixels like the Latin ones…

Anonymous 075b0f1b2abf7b557d50ed908ba1ace1 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-06 15:06:33 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#30,685):

Oh, you mean alphanumerics. I thought "characters" and "drawing" referred to cartoons and anime or something. To put it simply, it isn't that difficult to do and you don't need high resolution. You and I might get a little confused when trying tell kanji apart while it is in low resolution, but someone who grew up with it wouldn't have much trouble.

Anonymous 783003da8b35bf3cb44cfdf23dbc1be1 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-06 15:22:26 UTC) ago, 16 minutes later (#30,687):

@30,685

Dude… look at those characters: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Heibon-pp.10-11.jpg

100% impossible to make in low-res.

Anonymous 075b0f1b2abf7b557d50ed908ba1ace1 replied with this 3 months (2008-07-06 15:48:46 UTC) ago, 26 minutes later (#30,690):

@30,687

Those are highly detailed examples of calligraphy. Very impressive. But on computers the fonts get really simplified of course. Then again, I could be completely wrong, I'm no expert. In fact I've only seen a few examples, mostly in electronic stores many years ago.

Anonymous 7f214144f68d2005b841d5ebeb5fa80a replied with this 3 months (2008-07-10 02:09:48 UTC) ago, 3 days later (#31,441):

by loading japanese fonts. most modern fonts are vectors and will render at any size

Anonymous 783003da8b35bf3cb44cfdf23dbc1be1 (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-07-14 09:55:09 UTC) ago, 4 days later (#32,282):

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Topic: How did they do Asian characters on computers before high-res?