The Distinction of the First Chinese Edition composing by Laser Typesetting
In the 1960s,after the maturity of Western computer technology,it quickly spread to the field of word processing.In the late 1970s and early 1980s,China introduced technology and equipment from Monotype Imaging Inc.However,Chinese typesetting still faced input and output problems,British engineers were unable to solve these problems due to their lack of understanding of Chinese,the characteristics and requirements of Chinese type-setting.Therefore,Wang Xuan led the Chinese character informatization innovation team to embark on the path of independently developing Chinese character laser typesetting systems,and engaged in arduous R&D competition with Monotype Imaging Inc.In this competition process,multiple representative versions with historical significance were formed.The first Chinese character laser typesetting edition,due to differences in R&D team,typesetting sys-tem and typesetting content,has distinctions between newspaper samples,sample books,publications,etc.
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