Research on Printing and Publishing in Asian Scripts -As the Basis for their Digitalization-

我们对亚洲文字的印刷和排版传统进行了研究，以期在亚洲语言的信息处理中重新实现这些传统。已处理的主题是：1。排字和字体，2。字典整理顺序，3。字符编码，4。学科文字分为三大类，分别是中文、阿拉伯文字和印度文字（包括泰语、高棉语、老挝语、缅甸语等印度文字）。该研究还包括16世纪以来欧洲印刷术传统的传教士和殖民阶段。

We have conducted researches in printing and typographical traditions in Asian scripts in view of re-implementing such traditions in informational processing of Asian languages. The themes which have been treated are : 1. typesetting and typefaces, 2. dictionary collation order, 3. character codes, 4. multi-language processing, etc.The subject scripts have been classified into three groups, namely, Chinese scripts, Arabic scripts and scripts of Indian origin (Indic scripts including Thai, Khmer, Lao, Burmese etc.).The research has also comprised missionary and colonial phases of typographical traditions in Europe from the 16th Century onward.