Author: Erzi Congzhou

"In my opinion, the new font library needs to meet several standards."

"The first thing is that the code point should be broad. My opinion is to use 200,000 as the benchmark;"

"Secondly, compatibility with GB 2312 and GB 13000 requires the provision of a complete, clear and unambiguous code mapping table to achieve free conversion."

"The third is to make clear and detailed regulations on the use of standard user-defined areas and standard reserved areas. It allows users to use the thirteen strokes and Chinese character reference components provided by the font library to create their own custom areas.

At the same time, strict standards and usage methods must be formulated for these newly added Chinese characters, and they must be upgraded in a timely manner to load the approved Chinese characters into the standard reserved area.”

"This allows us to work together, which not only reduces our workload, but also gives users the opportunity to participate in the construction of the font library."

No one here had thought of this. Now that Zhou Zhiyi brought it up, everyone's eyes lit up. This kid's mind is really smart!

"The last one is, of course, mandatory standards. We need a strong binding standard to increase visibility."

"Mandatory standards have the highest visibility. If the end users of Chinese software know that we have developed an optimal Chinese character standard, they will definitely ask software developers to implement it."

"In turn, software developers have to pay attention to standards and implement them to improve their competitiveness."

"Is this standard... too high?" Mai Mingchuan scratched his forehead: "I estimate that 99% of users will not be able to use it."

"As I just said, if you don't need the complete collection, you can choose subsets at different levels." Zhou Zhi said, "But this doesn't mean that there shouldn't be a complete collection."

"Director Mai, as far as I know, the logic algorithms used in electronic computers, including design concepts, are actually mature disciplines decades or even one or two hundred years ago. It was not until humans achieved breakthroughs in transistor technology that those mature disciplines were

His mathematical results were applied to integrated circuits, forming today’s information industry.”

"Frege, Russell, and Boole never said that their mathematical logic research standards were too high in the 19th century. They had to wait until the 21st century when information technology sprouted before they could be studied by future generations.

Isn’t it too late?”

"Hahahahaha..." Mai Mingchuan laughed: "Student Zhou Zhi is using the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son. He has learned good logic. Are you interested in studying in our computer department? This is the most talented person in the country today.

A good major that is scarce and in urgent need!"

"Don't think about it." Mr. Gu waved his hand: "My first choice is the Chinese Department, followed by the History Department, and then the Philosophy Department. He is a liberal arts student."

"A liberal arts student?" Now it was Mai Mingchuan's turn to be surprised: "Do liberal arts students have such rigorous logical thinking?"

"Director Mai is looking down on us." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Our ancient prose has a set of repeated grammar, which itself shows that we have already possessed a set of rigorous thinking logic."

"Our ancient schools of famous scholars, legalists, and political strategists are all masters of this set of thinking. Just because we have not listed it as a separate subject and written a monograph does not mean that we do not have this subject.

People have studied it.”

"You're taking it too far," Gu Lao said with a smile, "but I think the idea is good, and our goal can indeed be set higher."

"Mr. Gu, you don't know how expensive internal and external storage is now," Mai Mingchuan said: "The font library needs to be transferred into the memory so that it can be used quickly and easily. Today's computer systems generally only have eight megabytes of memory, and the operating system is loaded

, especially today’s visualization systems, which consume a lot of memory, leaving little for applications.”

"With the advancement of technology, these can always be solved." Gu Youwen said: "As Zhuzi said, we can first have ideas, theories, and reserves."

After speaking, he patted the pile of handwritten notes and said, "With these things, standardize them first and then apply them. I think it is completely feasible!"

"Actually, this is the same as the platinum weights and measures in the Bureau of Standards and Measures," Tenzin said with a smile: "We might as well set a high standard when we set it, and then adapt to local conditions when it is applied."

"In fact, as long as there are standard dot matrix characters, it is not difficult to expand the character library." Li Hongjiang was a little excited: "Because no matter whether the Chinese characters are complex or simple, traditional or simplified, their basic strokes and radical structures are the same.

"

"In other words, we can completely use the stroke coupling technology of GB2312 and GB13000. With dot matrix fonts, we can create four benchmark fonts: Hei, Song, Fang Song, and Kai."

"Yes, this is the advantage of our Chinese characters." Zhou Zhi said: "On our manuscript, the other three fonts besides dot matrix characters are actually used for correction by Professor Li and others. If Professor Li thinks there is no problem

If so, I will ask my classmates to write dot matrix calligraphy from now on."

"Your classmate is also a high school student? Is he interested in coming to our computer department?"

"Well, my classmate is from a water and electricity school, a vocational high school. He has graduated and started working at Manzhou Electric Power Company." Zhou Zhi said, "By the way, I have another request, Professor Li. If you use our manuscript,

Among the researchers, I hope to add my classmate’s name to it.”

"Now all that's left is to develop the scanning program and coding." Li Hongjiang tapped his chin with two fingers, lost in thought: "It's still a matter of time. It would be best if we can do it before the launch of GB13000. We have a greater chance of convincing the Standards Committee.

…”

"Actually, I have another idea," Zhou Zhi said.

"You tell me." Mai Mingchuan now looked at the kid with a hundred eyes. In theory, this kid has opened everyone's minds and done the most difficult work. Now only one is left in the warehouse.

and coding issues.

As for these two, the country already had considerable experience when compiling GB2312 and GB13000.

"Actually, we can also do the opposite."

"What reverse operation?"

"Develop a text recognition software." Zhou Zhi said: "A software that can recognize Chinese characters, process the Chinese characters into dot matrix characters, and then automatically assign codes to the Chinese characters according to certain rules such as radicals and put them into the character library code bits

software.”

"Do you have any design ideas?" Li Hongjiang became interested now. Chinese recognition is a good thing.

"The design idea of ​​this program is this." Zhou Zhi said: "Because Chinese characters themselves have certain organizational rules, mainly square characters, we can use these rules to scan it and analyze it."

"Theoretically, the position of the center of gravity, the retraction and expansion of the middle palace and other characteristics of each Chinese character, especially printed characters, are the same in a classic. We can obtain the average through extensive sampling, and then use these averages as the font of the Chinese character

Design parameters are assigned to existing bitmap characters to produce the same font as in the classics."

"If we think about it the other way around, we can think that the text in every classic is a graphic calculated by the font algorithm, and this graphic itself fully covers all the boundaries of its dot matrix characters."

"If we decouple it according to the previously swept parameters, that is, do subtraction, theoretically it is possible to reduce the text graphics into standard dot matrix characters."
Chapter completed!