[sldev] unicode.ttf

[Alissa Sabre]

Paul,

> Any suggestion about which particular fonts from these font packages to
> use?

I have never tried any of the font packages Matuu suggested, but the
following is my general policy for East Asian typefaces selection.

> I'm guessing mincho for the Japanese, (which surprises me, I though
> gothic was "sans-serif", ie. body text),

I don't think so.

I believe most of the Japanese users prefer sans-serif Japanese font,
since it is the style used in SL viewer for ASCII characters, and
Japanese gothic (sans-serif) better matches with the MtBkLfRg.  Mixing
Japanese mincho (serif) with sans-serif Latin fonts makes a poor
design.

> but it's not clear to me if
> Kaiti or Mingti/Sungti is a better choice for Chinese,

I would say we should use hei style for Chinese.  Kai is some sort of
a manuscript style, and ming, song, sun are serif.  However, I also
know that hei style is not popular in Taiwan, and it is not easy to
find a good hei style font for Traditional Chinese.  In mainland
China, hei style is widely used, and it should be no problem finding
simplified heiti fonts.

> which of the
> four fonts in the baekmuk package is appropriate.

Dotum, gulim, or gothic.  When both are available, I personally prefer
gulim, but dotum may be an ordinary choice, since dotum is usually
designed more similarly to Helvetica/Arial style than gulim.

Hope this helps,

    Alissa Sabre
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