This thesis describes a character generator which was built for a refreshed cathode-ray tube (CRT) display and demonstrates the feasibility of displaying high quality dot-matrix characters using the low-band width sinusoidal scan. The CRT used was a low-cost entertainment-quality television tube, and hence had a very poor deflection band width.…

Presents short text in French and discusses possible methods of extending word processing to allow text entry, text editing, and hard copy output of foreign characters. Highlights include discussions of using ASCII for English and problems with French, one-character and two-character approaches, and examples in terms of specific microcomputer…

Describes a pilot project to devise a program for the computerization of classical Tibetan script that was initiated at the Polytechnic of North London in 1983. Problems of transliteration and international actions to promote the computerization of nonroman scripts are summarized. Fifteen references and thirteen additional sources are provided.…