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2M+ BITMAP FONTS            Copyright 2002-2005  COZ <coz@users.sourceforge.jp>
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10M+ BITMAP FONTS were designed to be simple and highly readable.
11It incorporates all Kanji (Chinese character in Japanese) until
12level 2 (the one described in JISX0208).
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14With the increasing availability of powerful PCs, scalable fonts and
15anti-aliasing, one could question the need of such fonts nowadays,
16slow PCs and the increasing popularity of mobile phone with limited resources
17etc. are still in need of such font,
18and I have there started creating this font foundry at my own pace.
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23Through the provided shell script "install_mplus_fonts", the following
24fonts will be installed.
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27Latin fonts
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29+  mplus-fxd (10, 12 dots)
30   Created as an alternative to the "fixed" font.
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32   mplus_f10r
33   mplus_f10r-euro *1
34   mplus_f12r
35   mplus_f12r-euro *1
36   mplus_f10b
37   mplus_f10b-euro *1
38   mplus_f12b
39   mplus_f12b-euro *1
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41+  mplus-hlv (10, 12 dots)
42   Created as an alternative to the "helvetica" font.
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44   mplus_h10r
45   mplus_h10r-euro *1
46   mplus_h12r
47   mplus_h12r-euro *1
48   mplus_h10b
49   mplus_h10b-euro *1
50   mplus_h12b
51   mplus_h12b-euro *1
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53+  mplus-hlvw (10, 12 dots)
54   The space between character compared with "mplus-hlv (h12r)" being slightly
55   increased the readibility of small fonts on large displays increases.
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57   mplus_h12rw
58   mplus_h12rw-euro *1
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60+  mplus-sys (10 dots)
61   Prepared for display in window titles and menu.
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63   mplus_s10r
64   mplus_s10r-euro *1
65   mplus_s10b
66   mplus_s10b-euro *1
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68+ mplus-qub (6 dots)
69  Minimum 6 dot size font.
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71  mplus_q06r
72  mplus_q06r-euro *1
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74*1 Euro symbol (iso8859-15)
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77Japanese Fonts
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79+  Aliases are set for future mappings of the fonts (mplus_j10*,mplus_j12*).
80   "jisx0208.1983-0" -> "jisx0208.1990-0"
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82+  mplus-gothic (10, 12 dots)
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84   mplus_j10r (*1)
85   mplus_j10r-jisx
86   mplus_j10r-iso
87   mplus_j10b (*1)
88   mplus_j10b-jisx
89   mplus_j10b-iso
90   mplus_j12r
91   mplus_f12r-jisx
92   mplus_f12r-iso
93   mplus_j12b
94   mplus_f12b-jisx
95   mplus_f12b-iso
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97+  mplus-goth_p (10, 12 dots)
98   This font is the "mplus-gothic" fonts described up here with the
99   roman characters set as proportional.
100   In browsers like Mozilla, it might be difficult to read though.
101   Please set your browser preferences with
102   pref("font.scale.aa_bitmap.enable",false).
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104   mplus_h10r-jisx
105   mplus_h10r-iso
106   mplus_h10b-jisx
107   mplus_h10b-iso
108   mplus_h12r-jisx
109   mplus_h12r-iso
110   mplus_h12b-jisx
111   mplus_h12b-iso
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113*1 Incorporates level 1 Kanji characters.
114   Now, I'm working to finish all level 2 Kanji characters.
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119+  mplus_cursors.bdf
120   You will need to edit shell script "install_mplus_fonts" to install it.
121   Please read the explanations in the provided file INSTALL_E.
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126Anonymous CVS Access
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129M+ BITMAP FONTS CVS repository can be checked out through
130anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction set.
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1321. "cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.jp:/cvsroot/mplus-fonts login"
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1342. When prompted for a password like "CVS password: ",
135   simply press the Enter key.
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1373. "cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.jp:/cvsroot/mplus-fonts \
138   co mplus_bitmap_fonts"
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140To update, hit the following command in "mplus_bitmap_fonts" directory.
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1424. "cvs update -dP"
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144You will need to run install script "install_mplus_fonts" again.
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147Latest informations can be found at the following project address.
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149M+ BITMAP FONTS
150http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-bitmap-fonts/index.html
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155M+ OUTLINE FONTS
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157Free Japanese outline fonts project "M+ OUTLINE FONTS", start working!
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160http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/mplus-outline-fonts/index.html
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166[ Special thanks to Mr.Guillaume Proux ]
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