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Re:Linux TTY font for Chinese, but treat it as a syllabic wr... by throwaway2990 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:26PM (#39698797)
It wasn’t too complicated. 95% of the country couldn’t read it write. And printing was impossible.
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Re:Linux TTY font for Chinese, but treat it as a syllabic wr... by yorwba on Thursday March 14, 2024 @05:51AM (#39701966)
You may want to read up on the history of printing in East Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing_in_East_As...
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