Re: [tlug] Kanji Email on XP: USB Portability, Encodings, Mincho,Gothic, Kothic

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Steve wrote: 

> > Set up a CD so that she can use Thunderbird on her husband's
> > computer without changing _anything_ on that computer.
> 
> Great idea.  This would allow her to do kanji from work as well as from
> home -- maybe.  

That shiny USB key-fob will be lost some day. 

Show her how to do backups. 

> I can't see anything that says "Use this font for display of ISO2022." 
> Probably that would have been too easy. 

What do the headers of her email say? 

> I see that by default a serif font is used to display Japanese, 

To grossly simplify: 

   Mincho means serif. 
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincho
   Gothic means sans-serif. 
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Gothic_typeface

Check out Kochi Mincho and Kochi Gothic. 

> ... am looking into whether ISO8059 is a subset of ISO2022 or what (?). 

Wikipedia has an amazing amount of CJK information. 
There goes another day! Happy browsing.