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Inasmuch as the “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” Note refers (and defers) a lot to JIS X 4051, “Formatting Rules for Japanese documents”,  it is helpful to also read it (or, for some of us at least, to look at the diagrams and puzzle through some of the text). You can buy the printed book from the Japanese Standards Association Web Store, or you can view (but not print) the PDF version within your browser.  Here’s how: (more…)

Inasmuch as the W3C Japanese Language Task Force’s “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout” Note was released last month, my article about it, “Designing Japanese documents“, is now available from tcworld magazine. (more…)