Character Shape Feature Selector Constants

The Chinese language can be represented with both a traditional and a simplified character set, as shown in Figure D-1. Chinese fonts that support the character shape feature type allow you to select either set.

Figure D-1  Traditional and simplified versions of a Chinese character

Note:   Historically on the Macintosh, the difference has been handled by having separate script systems for traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese; while that is still the case, this font feature makes it possible to have both glyph repertoires present in a single font.

Table D-4 lists the selectors for this feature.

Table D-4  Feature selectors for the kCharacterShapeType feature type

Constant

 Explanation
kTraditionalCharactersSelector Specifies the use of traditional characters.
kSimplifiedCharactersSelector Specifies the use of simplified characters.
kJIS1978CharactersSelector Use character shapes for Japanese characters as defined by the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) C 6226-1978 document.
kJIS1983CharactersSelector Use character shapes for Japanese characters as defined by the JIS X 0208-1983 document.
kJIS1990CharactersSelector Use character shapes for Japanese characters as defined by the JIS X 0208-1990 document.
kTraditionalAltOneSelector Use alternate set 1 of traditional forms for characters.
kTraditionalAltTwoSelector Use alternate set 2 of traditional forms for characters.
kTraditionalAltThreeSelector Use alternate set 3 of traditional forms for characters.
kTraditionalAltFourSelector Use alternate set 4 of traditional forms for characters.
kTraditionalAltFiveSelector Use alternate set 5 of traditional forms for characters.
kExpertCharactersSelector Use "expert" forms of ideographs, such as are defined in the Fujitsu FMR character set.

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