40,000 CHARACTERS IN CHINESE PRINTING.
The difficulties of making up a font of Chinese type are commented upon ,-,y the American consul at Shanghai. Kang Hai’s dictionary, the standard and °most comprehensive work of its kind in the language, contains sonio 40,890 characters, but. it has been found that for all practical purposes a. font need contain only about 7000. AYltli a font of this size the Chinese printer, in the course of setting up a book, will frequently find that he lacks a dozen or so- unusual’ characters, a. difficulty which lie meets by having-these misr sing symbols hand cut on blank type by skilled engravers. Although practically all Chinese newspapers and books on modern topics are now printed from movable and metal type, books pertaining to old China, such as the Orifuscian classics and ‘their commentaries,, are still produced by the time honoredmethod of printing on wooden blocks.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3435, 29 January 1912, Page 3
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15040,000 CHARACTERS IN CHINESE PRINTING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3435, 29 January 1912, Page 3
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