Typesetting Japanese with pTeX

Timothy Eyre

Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu (2010)

  • Volume: 020, Issue: 3, page 152-173
  • ISSN: 1211-6661

Abstract

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pTeX is a TeX-like typesetting system that is specifically designed for typesetting Japanese and is widely used in Japan. This article describes how to acquire, set up and use a pTeX system in practice, with an emphasis on font management. It also provides basic background information on Japanese text processing and alternatives to pTeX.

How to cite

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Eyre, Timothy. "Typesetting Japanese with pTeX." Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu 020.3 (2010): 152-173. <http://eudml.org/doc/298840>.

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References

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  1. Kakuto, Akira, W32TeX download page in English, http://www.w32tex.org/ 
  2. Lunde, Ken, CJKV Information Processing, Second Edition, O’Reilly Media, 2009. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1. (2009) 
  3. Waller, Johnatan, JWPce, http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html 
  4. Saito, Yasuki, Report on jTeX: A Japanese TeX, In TUGboat, Volume 8, Number 2, pp. 103–116, July 1987. ISSN 0896-3207. Available at http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb08-2/tb18saito.pdf (1987) 
  5. pTeX, http://oku.edu.mie-u.ac.jp/~okumura/texfaq/japanese/ptex.html 
  6. nihilistorguk Home Page, http://nihilist.org.uk/ 

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