Redump Forum — Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

Re: Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

2018-12-28T06:46:04Z

Wiki pages, satakore.com and most of other console-related resources usually use full-width ones and people usually copy-paste them as is.

Surely this isn't how they all really are on discs/packaging/websites/in-game?

Meh, it's hard to say whether the symbols are full or half width on the cover when there's no other text nearby to compare with Though, if you look at obis/spine cards, the spaces are usually quite wide (especially before the subtitles).

Re: Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

2018-12-26T01:08:04Z

F1ReB4LL wrote:

I think Shift-JIS with its wide symbols is a standard for Japanese typing.

I feel ASCII characters are often half-width.

ref. https://www.yahoo.co.jp/

Re: Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

2018-12-25T22:19:24Z

But Shift-JIS also supports halfwidth characters. They do get used when writing Western language words embedded in Japanese text, albeit with exceptions.

Re: Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

2018-12-25T12:25:42Z

I think Shift-JIS with its wide symbols is a standard for Japanese typing.

Re: Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

2018-12-23T09:23:31Z

For Korean games in particular, I've noticed that redump sometimes uses fullwidth spaces and sometimes uses halfwidth spaces. Seems kinda inconsistent... As far as I know, Korean usually uses halfwidth spaces.

Why do all Japanese/Korean/Chinese names use fullwidth characters?

2018-12-22T17:19:44Z

Fullwidth spaces/latin letters etc

Surely this isn't how they all really are on discs/packaging/websites/in-game?