Abstract: A selective process for preparing a 2,4- or 3,6-di-substituted phenol compound which comprises reacting an olefin compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogen substituted alkyl, aryl, halogen substituted-aryl or alkyl substituted-aryl; and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogen substituted-alkyl or aralkyl; with a phenol compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.5 is hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, alkyl, halogen substituted-alkyl, alkoxy or --C(R.sup.6)(R.sup.7)CH(R.sup.8)(R.sup.9) (wherein R.sup.6 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogen substituted-alkyl, aryl, halogen substituted-aryl or alkyl substituted-aryl; and R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, halogen substituted-alkyl or aralkyl), in the presence of a phosphorus compound and a carboxylic acid compound as catalysts.

Abstract: Each Kanji-character is divided into a plurality of part contours constituting the Kanji-character. The part contours of a character are sequentially designated according to the conventional order of writing various parts of the character by an input unit. In an output unit the designated part contours are sequentially printed or otherwise written for completing a character by the combination of one or more part contours. Between the input and output units is provided a processing unit for controlling the relative position and order of the part contours to be written. Space means is also provided to provide spaces between adjacent written characters. According to the system some of the part contours are used in common for synthesizing different Kanji-characters.