I know there are "virtual fonts" in the TeX world
TeX virtual fonts (that is, .vf files) are irrelevant to the current
discussion. -k
>> Well, they *could* be. We could choose a font with CJK support and
>> make the definitions in texinfo.tex just as we define existing
>> chars. In principle it is possible to make definitions for any and
>> all Unicode characters in texinfo.tex. -k
>
> I believe there would be complications.
On 15 January 2016 at 23:48, Karl Berry wrote:
> Well, they *could* be. We could choose a font with CJK support and make
> the definitions in texinfo.tex just as we define existing chars. In
> principle it is possible to make definitions for any and all Unicode
> characters in texinfo.tex. -k
>
On 16 January 2016 at 08:48, Masamichi HOSODA wrote:
> These packages can be set independently Japanese fonts and alphabetic fonts.
>
> LuaTeX-ja
> https://osdn.jp/projects/luatex-ja/wiki/FrontPage%28en%29
>
> ZXjatype
> http://www.ctan.org/pkg/zxjatype
>
> I think it is *possible* to set the font
> > For example, if you want to use Japanese characters,
> > I think that it is possible to set the Japanese font in txi-ja.tex.
>
> To reiterate: as far as I know, it is not possible to set the font for
> Japanese only in texinfo[.tex]. Thus the ja font, wherever it is
> specified, would
