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<p><font face="Arial">Dear All,</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">You have been more than helpful. Ross alerted
me to a couple of fonts I have yet to install, but most
importantly, to Noto; Chun Jihoon reminded me of HCR Batang;
Barbara pointed me to New Gulim; Robert reminded me a nightmare
that I had (until now) repressed; Thorsten alerted me to New
Batang; and Frank warned me about the danger of monopoly capital
and brought me back to Noto. Indeed, Noto Serif KR is elegant
(and open source), with apologies to those who have trouble
seeing serif fonts. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">I want to thank you all and any others who
still may contribute to my plea for help.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">On a personal note, I have been waiting years
for Middle Korean to become as easy to input and produce as
Modern Korean. I still have fond memories of HWP (2.0?) and what
was then its miraculous production of Korean (modern and Middle)
all together with Japanese, Chinese, and English, all in one
text, without spacing problems.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Yours,</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Jay Lewis</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">______________________________</font></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/07/2025 04:51, Frank Hoffmann
wrote:<br>
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Dear All,<br>
<br>
Just a logistical note about the Middle\u202fKorean font issue--an
aspect to keep in mind when choosing which font to use (and not
just for Middle\u202fKorean):<br>
<br>
If you only care about the print version of a book or journal,
whatever font works for you is fine. But if you're forward\u2011looking
and considering digital access across various media, you really
want to avoid Microsoft Windows system fonts such as New\u202fGulim or
HCR\u202fBatang (that were also mentioned here). Even if they include
the Extended\u2011A/Extended\u2011B Jamo blocks (for Middle Korean), you
cannot legally embed or export these fonts to other systems
(Mac/Linux) because they are licensed by Microsoft. In addition,
they may simply vanish in a couple of years when Microsoft ships a
new OS. Avoid proprietary Korean\u2011system fonts for the same reason
if you want to create a truly future\u2011proof "product" that anyone
can read without going through some complex transfer in 5, 10, or
15 years on a new digital medium. In that regard, the Noto
fonts--updated regularly and now released under the
SIL\u202fOpen\u202fFont\u202fLicense--provide the latest encodings. (Update them
if you still have an old edition, and download the current version
directly from\u202f<a data-start="1086" data-end="1121" rel="noopener" target="_new" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fonts.google.com/noto/fonts" moz-do-not-send="true">https://fonts.google.com/noto/fonts</a>,
not from a 3rd party source that may have reposted them, to avoid
getting an old release.) They are cross\u2011platform compatible and
available in multiple styles; I believe Noto Serif CJK KR was
mentioned, which works especially nice, visually, in the body text
and/or if mixed with western language fonts. Whatever other fonts
might be designed later will very likely all be upward\u2011compatible
with Noto (which isn't the case with these Microsoft fonts).<br>
<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Frank<br>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________ <br>
Frank Hoffmann <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://koreanstudies.com" moz-do-not-send="true">https://koreanstudies.com</a> <lt-container></lt-container>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. James B. Lewis
Associate Professor of Korean History, University of Oxford
Fellow of Wolfson College
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
1 Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
United Kingdom
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/james-b-lewis">https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/james-b-lewis</a></pre>
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