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language encod<strong>in</strong>g switch<strong>in</strong>g, font size and typeface chang<strong>in</strong>g, and eventually, to support hyper-l<strong>in</strong>k <strong>in</strong> the<br />

multi-l<strong>in</strong>gual document.<br />

In the first version, all multi-l<strong>in</strong>gual fonts are <strong>in</strong> bit map <strong>format</strong>, which requires the m<strong>in</strong>imal support on the<br />

client side to display properly on screen. However, vector font will let users have a better control on the font<br />

size and appearance. We will explore how to make use of vector fonts on our on-demand font server to get<br />

acceptable display speed.<br />

Conclusion<br />

Our team has proposed a language <strong>in</strong>dependent, on-demand font server on heterogeneous computer platforms.<br />

The significance of the project is to let computers connected on the Internet around the world to be able to<br />

display any foreign language WWW documents efficiently. Our implementation makes use of the Java<br />

language to add <strong>in</strong>telligence on the client side and manage the on-demand load<strong>in</strong>g of fonts from a WWW<br />

server. Our design does not depend on configuration modifications on the client side and the software runn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

on the server side is standard available version. It is important as our software can be used by non-privileged<br />

users runn<strong>in</strong>g on-the-market software. We have proposed a few areas that this project can cont<strong>in</strong>ue to make a<br />

truly multi-l<strong>in</strong>gual environment.<br />

References<br />

[Hoff et al. 96] Arthur van Hoff, Sami Shaio, Orca Starbuck. Hooked on Java. Addison Wesley 1996.<br />

[Lee et al. 96] T. Berners-Lee, R. Field<strong>in</strong>g, H. Frystyk. Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 Draft 5. INTERNET-<br />

DRAFT 1996.<br />

[Ritchey 95] Tim Ritchey. Java!. New Riders Publish<strong>in</strong>g, Indiana 1995.<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

This project is partially supported by the Hong Kong UPGC RGC Grant number 338.065.0016.

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