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Graphics.TFontCharset Type

TFontCharset represents the character set of a font.

Pascal
TFontCharset = 0..255;
C++
0..255 TFontCharset;

Graphics

Each Windows typeface supports one or more character sets, which indicate what characters can be written using the font. For example, most fonts that can represent japanese characters use a particular multi-byte character set.  

Each font supports its own, unique set of character sets. Check with the font vendor to determine which character sets are supported. 

The following table lists the predefined constants provided for standard character sets:

Constant 
Value 
Description 
ANSI_CHARSET  
0  
ANSI characters.  
DEFAULT_CHARSET  
1  
Font is chosen based solely on Name and Size. If the described font is not available on the system, Windows will substitute another font.  
SYMBOL_CHARSET  
2  
Standard symbol set.  
MAC_CHARSET  
77  
Macintosh characters. Not available on NT 3.51.  
SHIFTJIS_CHARSET  
128  
Japanese shift-JIS characters.  
HANGEUL_CHARSET  
129  
Korean characters (Wansung).  
JOHAB_CHARSET  
130  
Korean characters (Johab). Not available on NT 3.51  
GB2312_CHARSET  
134  
Simplified Chinese characters (mainland china).  
CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET  
136  
Traditional Chinese characters (Taiwanese).  
GREEK_CHARSET  
161  
Greek characters. Not available on NT 3.51.  
TURKISH_CHARSET  
162  
Turkish characters. Not available on NT 3.51  
VIETNAMESE_CHARSET  
163  
Vietnamese characters. Not available on NT 3.51.  
HEBREW_CHARSET  
177  
Hebrew characters. Not available on NT 3.51  
ARABIC_CHARSET  
178  
Arabic characters. Not available on NT 3.51  
BALTIC_CHARSET  
186  
Baltic characters. Not available on NT 3.51.  
RUSSIAN_CHARSET  
204  
Cyrillic characters. Not available on NT 3.51.  
THAI_CHARSET  
222  
Thai characters. Not available on NT 3.51  
EASTEUROPE_CHARSET  
238  
Includes diacritical marks for eastern european countries. Not available on NT 3.51.  
OEM_CHARSET  
255  
Depends on the codepage of the operating system.  

 

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