--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Anton Sherwood <bronto@...> wrote:

>
> This query appeared as a comment on Language Hat:
>
> I have looked for a long time for a font of the Tangut script...
> finally found one at Mogikyo... went through the time-consuming
> process of installing their font program... and it doesn't work
> on my computer! Have you any idea where I can locate a font, or
> even just a chart of the symbols used by the Tanguts? I sure
> would be grateful!
> Posted by: Hank Snow (hanxnoe@...) at October 10, 2004
>
> (http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000808.php)

Why don't people with such problems say what computer they're using?
I'm using Windows XP SP2, with default 8-bit encoding set to Thai
(i.e. Windows-874), and complex script support enabled.

I installed two fonts - Mojikyo M202 and M203, which I understand are
the ones supporting the Tangut script, and the Mojikyo character map -
and I can get their chart of Tangut symbols with it. Unfortunately,
the pasting options don't seem particularly informative for using the
fonts. The glyphs are somewhat scattered through the font - for
example, Mojikyo characters number 574093 and 574100 respectively
usurp the Unicode codes U+7578 and U+7582 in the Mojikyo M202 font.

A DIY chart can be composed using the glyphs - they're available
on-line at http://www.mojikyo.gr.jp/gif96/570/570001.gif to
http://www.mojikyo.gr.jp/gif96/576/576000.gif - a thousand glyphs a
directory. The meanings, let alone the pronunciations, are another
matter. The 24 bit glyphs, supposed to be accessible by dropping the
'96', don't seem to be available.

Richard.