Graphics.TFontCharset Type

TFontCharset represents the character set of a font.

Pascal

TFontCharset = 0..255;

C++

0..255 TFontCharset;

File

Graphics

Description

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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