John, I'm trying not to get on your nerves, but can you give us an
example of an Asian character where the rendering in some font would
lead to a "loss of information"?
Erik, it's not font issue.
That you can transliterate something without "loss of information"
has nothing to do with the character code issues.
Japanse script may be printed in various font: Minchou, Gothic, Ryumin
etc. But, no Japanese script is printed with Chinese Han.
but I will remind them that PCs and other
personal computing devices are getting more powerful and cheaper, and
the majority of good operating system software originates in the US.
That's why we should not be clippled with 16 bit code.
Masataka Ohta