CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese Computing
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Release Date: June 2009
Pages: 900
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Written by its original author, Ken Lunde, a Senior Computer Scientist in CJKV Type Development at Adobe Systems, this book will help you:
- Learn about CJKV writing systems and scripts, and their transliteration methods
- Explore trends and developments in character sets and encodings, particularly Unicode
- Examine the world of typography, specifically how CJKV text is laid out on a page
- Learn information-processing techniques, such as code conversion algorithms and how to apply them using different programming languages
- Process CJKV text using different platforms, text editors, and word processors
- Become more informed about CJKV dictionaries, dictionary software, and machine translation software and services
- Manage CJKV content and presentation when publishing in print or for the Web
Internationalizing and localizing applications is paramount in today's global market -- especially for audiences in East Asia, the fastest-growing segment of the computing world. CJKV Information Processing will help you understand how to develop web and other applications effectively in a field that many find difficult to master.