Each Windows typeface supports one or more character sets. The particular character sets depend on the font. Check with the font vendor to determine which typefaceÆs 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.
