Short List of CJK Systems
Union Way (http://www.unionway.com/)
Platform: Win 3.x, Win95, NT, 3.x for WorkGroups, compatible with CJK versions of Win 3.x and Win95.
Fonts: (GB, BIG5, HZ, JIS, Shift-JIS, KSC)
Character Sets: TSJK, can add other sets
Input Methods: PY, ZY, CJ, CAN, EC, RK, KK, HK, HG
IME: PY CIME, ZY CIME, RK JIME
TTF: Provides TTF Fonts at additional costs
Supports MS Office
Graphics Compatibility: PageMaker, PhotoShop and CorelDraw
Warranty:
Technical Support:
Pricing: http://www.unionway.com/purchase.htm
Licensing: sales@unionway.com
Chinese Star (http://www.suntendyusa.com/)
Platform: Win 3.x, Win95, NT
Fonts: (GB, BIG5, Unicode on NT version)
Character Sets: TS
Input Methods: PY, NPY, QW, ZM, PZM, WBS, WBD, WBB, EC, Tabular.
IME: PY CIME
TTF: 42 TTF Fonts
Graphics Compatibility: PageMaker, Powerpoint, PhotoShop, PaintBrush.
Warranty: Lifetime Replacment Warranty For Defective Parts.
Technical Support: Lifetime support via e-mail.
Pricing: http://www.suntendyusa.com/buycstar.html
Licensing: http://www.suntendyusa.com/license.html
MView (http://www.ifcss.org/ftp-pub/software/ms-win/c-sys/msystem.txt)
Platform: Win 3.x, Win95 (may not work on all 32-bit applications)
Fonts: GB, HZ, BIG5, JIS, EUC-JIS, Shift-JIS, KSC, UTF-7, UTF-8
Character Sets: TSJKU
Input Methods: PY, NPY, CAN, CJ, WB, 4C, KK, FC, ST, HG
IME: CIME, JIME
TTF: None
Graphics Compatibility:
Warranty: SHAREWARE, NO WARRANTY
Technical Support:
Pricing: 30 day Free Trial,
Licensing:
Note: Autodetection of CJU fonts (experimental).
NetHZ (http://www.ifcss.org/ftp-pub/software/ms-win/c-sys/nethz.txt)
Platform: C-Win (GB and BIG5), TwinBridge, CStar
Fonts: HZ
Character Sets: TS
Warranty: AS IS
Technical Support: NewVision Technology, P.O. Box 232, Temple City, CA 91780-0232 USA
Pricing: 21 days free, $19 Registration Fee
Licensing: SHAREWARE
NJStar (http://www.njstar.com.au)
Platform: Win 3.1x, Win 95, Win 98, NT
Fonts: GB, BIG5, HZ, JIS, Shift-JIS, EUC-JIS, KSC, ISO2022, Support Unicode
Character Sets: TSJK
Input Methods: (Chinese: PY, ZY, CAN, WB, CJ, BS, ... 20 methods) (Japanese: RK, KK, FC, ST, NI, UI, RL, EJ)
IME: CIME
TTF: in Professional Version
Graphics Compatibility:
Warranty:
Technical Support: support@njstar.com
Pricing:
Licensing: orders@njstar.com
Note: AutoDetection of Chinese and Japanese Codes
TwinBridge (http://www.twinbridge.com)
Platform: Win 3.x, Win 95, NT, Mac
Fonts:
Character Sets:
Input Methods:
IME:
TTF:
Graphics Compatibility:
Warranty:
Technical Support:
Pricing: $149 Each Partner ($447 CJK)
Licensing:
Way (http://www.ifcss.org/ftp-pub/software/ms-win/c-sys/way3100.txt)
Platform: Win 3.1
Fonts: CH16.FON
Character Sets: GB
Input Methods: PY, JPY, WB, QM, CJ, TC
IME: CIME
TTF:
Warranty: NO WARRANTY
Technical Support: Wang Wei
Pricing: FREE SHAREWARE
WinHZ (http://www.ifcss.org/ftp-pub/software/ms-win/c-sys/winhz11.txt)
Platform: Win 3.x, Win95, C-Win (GB)
Fonts: HZ
Character Sets: S
Warranty: AS IS, NO WARRANTY
Technical Support: Tian Bogang,
Pricing: FREE
Notes: HZ Extension to Chinese Systems, or C-Win (GB).
WinMASS Lite (http://www.starglobe.com.sg/) WEBSITE VERY SLOW
Platform: Win 3.1, Win 3.22 running Win32s, UNIX
Fonts: UTF-7, UTF-8, EACC(Library Edition), GB, HZ, HZX, BIG5, CNS, Shift-JIS, EUC-JIS, ISO2022, KSC, ISO8859-1
Character Sets: TSJKU, can add other sets
Input Methods: PY, ZY, CJ, JBS, SN, EC
IME:
TTF:
Graphics Compatibility:
Warranty:
Technical Support:
Pricing:
Licensing:
Term Abbreviations
- Intelligent Mode Input (IME)
- CIME - Chinese Intelligent Mode Input
- JIME - Japanese Intelligent Mode Input
- Character Sets
- T - Traditional Chinese Character Set
- S - Simplified Chinese Character Set
- J - Japanese Character Set
- K - Korean Character Set
- U - Unicode Character Set
- Chinese Inputing Methods
- PY - Pinyin Method
- ZY - Zhuyin Method
- NPY - New Pinyin Method
- NDPY - New Double Pinyin Method
- QW - Quwei Method
- CJ - Cangjie Method
- WB - Wubi (Five Strokes) Method
- WBS - Wubi Shape Method
- WBD - Wubi Drawing Method
- WBB - Wubi Bridge Method
- 4C - Four-Corners Method
- TC - Telecode Method
- JBS - Jianyi Bushou Method
- WM - Wangma Method
- SN - Stroke Number Method
- ZM - Standard Zhengma Method
- PZM - Popularized Zhengma Method
- CAN - Cantonese Method
- EC - English-Chinese Method
- Japanese Inputting Methods
- RK - Roma-Kanji Method
- KK - Kana-Kanji Method
- FC - Four-Corners Method
- ST - Strokes Method
- RL - Radical Lookup
- NI - Nelson Index Method
- UI - Unicode
- EJ - English-Japanese
- Korean Inputting Methods
- HG - Hangul Method
- HJ - Hanja Method
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