Re: visual languages
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 6, 2003, 1:28 |
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In a message dated 2003:12:04 09:03:29 PM, gwalla@DESPAMMED.COM writes:
>J Y S Czhang wrote:
>>
>> BTW some of the more "futuristic"-looking _bold display_ print-media
>> versions of Chinese (esp'ly the PRC's "Simplified Writing"), Japanese,
>& Korean
>> characters are quite attractive and intriguing.
>
>Do you have any examples?
I wish I had some onhand, but I don't. I recall a Taiwanese site that was
sci-fi fan club's webpage... a few of the more computer-saavy members
were/are into typography & webpage design. Teohie 0_o? any suggestions, eh?
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