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7 Additional Glyphs for the Adobe-Japan1-4 Character CollectionThis section contains a catalog of the 6,090 glyphs which, when added tothose in Sections 3 through 6 (Supplements 0 through 3), comprise theAdobe-Japan1-4 character collection. Thus, this section illustrates the glyphsfor CIDs 9354 through 15443 only; the complete Adobe-Japan1-4 charactercollection consists of glyphs identified by CIDs 0 through 15443.Supplement 4 includes the additional glyphs needed to support vertical writingin the context of OpenType (through the ‘vrt2’ GSUB feature), specificallypre-rotated forms of all half-width and proportional glyphs found inSupplements 0 through 2.7.1 Special NotesNote that the glyphs for CIDs 12220 through 12227 are intended to be decorativein nature, and thus can vary from typeface to typeface, and from typefoundry to type foundry. The glyphs for this range of eight CIDs merely illustratewhat are used in the Kozuka Mincho typeface design.7.2 Adobe-Japan1-4 Design ObjectivesIn order to satisfy the needs of professional and commercial printing inJapan, a wide variety of character and glyph sets were studied. Theseincluded common vendor extensions, proprietary glyph sets, common “Gaiji”sets, and other Japanese character sets. Adobe-Japan1-4 is not intended to bea “Gaiji Solution,” but rather is designed to meet most of the professional andcommercial printing needs in Japan. Put simply, the Adobe-Japan1-4 charactercollection is specifically designed to allow very sophisticated users tocompose complex documents, with a minimum use of “Gaiji” fonts.7.3 Adobe-Japan1-4 & OpenTypeMany of the glyphs in Adobe-Japan1-4 are unencoded on most operating systems,and will most likely continue to be unencoded. This is why Adobe-Japan1-4 fonts cannot fully function without additional technology thatenables advanced typographic features. OpenType, with its GSUB (GlyphSubstitution) and GPOS (Glyph Positioning) tables, provides Adobe-Japan1-4 with the power to enable access to its glyphs.7.4 Adobe-Japan1-4 Technical DetailsIn order to ensure glyph consistency across fonts of different manufacturers,the JIS X 0208:1997 kanji (CIDs 1125–7477 and 8284–8285 of Supplements0 and 1, respectively) must become JIS90-compliant. This is due to the factthat some of the JIS X 0208:1997 kanji variants in the Adobe-Japan1-4 are7 Additional Glyphs for the Adobe-Japan1-4 Character Collection 95