Chinese laser phototypesetting
Fotocomposición láser de caracteres chinos
- Date
- 1979-1985 · confidence high
- Place
- Peking University, Beijing, China
- Credited to
- Wang Xuan (Huaguang system, later Founder)
- People
- 👤 Wang Xuan1936–2006
- Field
- Communication
What it is
A system that stores thousands of Chinese characters as compressed outlines and typesets them by laser. It replaced lead type composition in the entire Chinese press within a few years.
Wang Xuan went directly for the fourth generation (laser raster) skipping optical phototypesetters.
What it led to
- end of lead typography in China
- Chinese publishing and software industry (Founder)