Why CJK Support in Rust Is Hard
CJK support in Rust presents unique challenges that differ significantly from Latin-script tooling. Developers often encounter issues such as large font sizes and complex font subsetting when working with CJK characters. This article outlines the specific difficulties in handling CJK fonts, including glyph ID remapping and normalization problems.
- ▪CJK fonts are significantly larger than Latin fonts, with a Japanese font exceeding 15 MB compared to around 300 KB for a Latin font.
- ▪Subsetting CJK fonts involves complex processes like glyph ID remapping and CMap table reconstruction, which are not straightforward.
- ▪Normalization issues arise in CJK text due to multiple valid representations of the same logical character, complicating text processing.
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