To setup the font interface, delete any entries that do not exist on your
system (e.g., the factory entries), then install the fonts that are
present. The fonts will then be available for use in the a document. See
Using DoubleByte TrueType Fonts(13-
3).
Deleting TrueType Entries
Typefaces
(4-
11)
that do not correspond to valid DBCS (double byte code system)
TrueType(D-
-
8)
fonts display characters as blocks of vertical lines. To avoid clutter and
confusion, delete their registration entries in two places: the Smart Characters
system font(4-
13)
table and the DoubleByte TrueType font interface installed font table:
MS-Gothic 11.Chars 48 (TrueType)
MS-Mincho 11.Chars 48 (TrueType)
MingLi43 15.Chars 48 (TrueType)
simhei19 16.Chars 48 (TrueType)
sming20 16.Chars 48 (TrueType)
- Starting from the end of the list, repeatedly highlight each example entry
and click the Delete button to remove it from the system font table. Do
not delete the other font entries.
- Click the DoubleByte TrueType Font button to invoke the
DoubleByte TrueType Font(13-
5)
dialog.
- Observe a similar list, and delete each entry. Select OK to
register any fonts installed in the DoubleByte TrueType font interface in the
Smart Characters system font table.
- Observe that the invalid entries are no longer in the system font table.
Adding Windows TrueType Fonts
If you have Traditional or Simplified Chinese or Japanese Windows installed on
your computer, you can install the TrueType fonts used by these far east
Windows into the DoubleByte TrueType font interface by specifying their
corresponding .FOT files, located in the \Windows\System directory:
- Use Smart Characters or NotePad to open the Win.ini file in
the Far East \Windows directory. The \Windows directory
may be on another drive, or may be titled something more descriptive like
JWin, or Wfw_T311 (Traditional Window for Workgroups version
3.11).
- Search for the [fonts] section, and look for entries that look like
XYZABC (TrueType)=filename.FOT, where the XYZABC symbols are
either Chinese characters, or odd-looking accented extended characters. These
are the Chinese character TrueType fonts.
- For each Chinese character TrueType font, select (highlight) the
filename.FOT portion of the entry, and press Ctrl+C to copy it to the
Windows clipboard(D-
-
9).
- Press Alt+Tab to switch to Smart Characters, and invoke the
DoubleByte TrueType Font(13-
5)
dialog. See
Deleting TrueType Entries(13-
1).
- A note on the Windows Task List: if the view
(8-
1)
window is running, there will be two entries for Smart Characters on the task
list. One is for the word processor and its children, the other is for the
symbol set view window and its children (e.g., the DBTTF dialog). A
third entry would appear if a vocabulary tutor window were
active.
- Select New to open the
Setup DoubleByte TrueType Font(13-
6)
dialog, then select From Windows to invoke the Find Windows Installed
TTF (*.FOT) open file dialog.
- Navigate to the far east \Windows\System directory, select
the File name edit control, press Ctrl+Z to paste the copied
filename.FOT into the control, then select OK to open the font
file. You could also find the name and double click.
- Observe the FOT Notification dialog, and click on OK if all
seems well. Note that the DBCS name entry will appear as nonsense charcters if
the
Windows(D-
-
8)
you are running now does not support the
code page(D-
-
2)
necessary to display the name.
The font interface copies the font's
Postscript name(D-
-
6)
to the Typeface Name edit control. You can accept the
typeface(4-
11)
name as is, or edit it. Suitable modification include adding a language code to
the end of the font (e.g., -Jpn, -ChI, -Sim), deleting extraneous letters or
numbers at the end of a long name, and deleting or moving a manufacturer's
name. For example, "DFHSGothic-W5-WIN-RKSJ-H" could be changed to
"Gothic-W5-Chi-DFHS". See
Font Naming Conventions(13-
5).
- Edit the name in the Typeface Name edit control to suit.
- Repeat the above steps for all Chinese character TrueType fonts installed
into a far east version of Windows.
You can install Traditional or Simplified Chinese or Japanese TrueType fonts
directly into the DoubleByte TrueType font interface by specifying the
corresponding .TTF file, which can be located in any directory. Because this
procedure does not automatically install associated
bitmap fonts(8-
5),
you should use this method only for Chinese character TrueType fonts that are
not already installed into a far east version of Windows. Otherwise, see
Adding Windows TrueType Fonts(13-
2).
- From the word processor menu, select Hanzi / Kanji | Install or,
from the
symbol set view(8-
1)
window menu, select File | Install to invoke the symbol set (3-
43)
dialog.
- Select DoubleByte TrueType Font to invoke the
DoubleByte TrueType Font(13-
5)
dialog.
- Select New to open the
Setup DoubleByte TrueType Font(13-
6)
dialog, then select Separate to invoke the Find TrueType Font File
(*.TTF) open file dialog.
- Navigate to the directory containing the font, select the font file name,
and select OK to open the font file.
- You can accept the Typeface Name as is from the
Postscript name(D-
-
6),
or edit it as in
Adding Windows True Type Fonts(13-
2),
above. See
Font Naming Conventions(13-
5).
Using DoubleByte TrueType Fonts
To use a DoubleByte TrueType font in a document, select it from the
Typeface control in the
Character Format(3-
16)
dialog. If the font is not listed in the Typeface list box, register it
in the document:
- Select Format | Character from the menu, or Format Char from
the Right Mouse speed menu to invoke the Character Format dialog.
- Set the font group to Chinese Characters. Examine the selections in
the Typeface list box.
- If the desired
typeface(4-
11)
does not appear on the TypeFace list, select Add Typeface to
invoke the Chinese Character Typeface dialog. Select the desired
typeface, then select OK to return to the Character Format
dialog. The new typeface will be selected in the Typeface list box.
- Select the desired typeface in the Typeface list box, check an
Apply Formatting control, then select OK.
The typefaces in a
new document come from the document template selected with File | New.
The factory defaults are Times New Roman for English and
CombinedMing for Chinese Characters. To add typefaces to new documents,
add them to the document template.
Changing Typeface Names
If you electronically transmit and receive Smart Characters documents, you may
receive a document that uses
TrueType(D-
-
8)
fonts that are not installed on your system, or are registered in the document
under a different
typeface(4-
11)
name. An uninstalled TrueType font displays as squares of vertical stripes.
There are two ways to display these characters: register the typeface name used
in the document in the DoubleByte TrueType font interface, or change the
typeface in the document to one that is installed on your system. Each method
has advantages and disadvantages:
Registration of a typeface name used by another user has the advantage of
allowing future transmissions to be viewed without further difficulty. The
disadvantage is that you add a certain level of anomaly to your system by
specifying the same font by different names, and that other users may then
adopt the font naming convention used in the received document. A more serious
anomaly arises when the typefaces do not match (e.g., using a Gothic typeface
as a Ming typeface, or a light weight as a heavy weight).
Changing the typeface alters the document by substituting existing typefaces
for missing ones. The advantage is consistency and clarity. The disadvantage is
the extra step involved, and that you cannot check the document after restoring
the original typeface names for retransmission.
To display characters formatted with
typefaces(4-
11)
not on your system:
- Determine the missing typeface name by moving the insertion point to the
vicinity of the missing characters. Select Format | Character | Chinese
Characters and From Cursor to display the typeface name in the
Typeface control.
To substitute an existing typeface:
- Click the Substitute button to invoke the Chinese Character
Typeface dialog. Select a typeface you know exists. Note that the
characters display correctly.
To register the typeface name in the
DoubleByte TrueType font interface:
- Select Hanzi / Kanji | Install to invoke the Install Font
dialog. Scroll to the end of the system font list and highlight the typeface
name used in the document (registered automatically when the document was
opened). Select the first part of the typeface name in the edit control
(do not select the symbol set ID, chars, or point size
portion of the list entry), then press Ctrl+C to copy it onto the
Windows clipboard(D-
-
9).
- Click the Delete button to delete the entry, then the New
button to invoke the DoubleByte TrueType Font dialog. Highlight an
existing font that you believe is identical to or close to the font used in the
document, then click the New button to create a new font entry based on
that font.
- Press Ctrl+V to paste the typeface name used in the document over the
existing typeface name, and click OK to associate the new typeface name
with the existing font.
- Return to the document, and select File | Restore (Abandon) to
display the characters.
Font Naming Conventions
Most word processors identify a
TrueType(D-
-
8)
font by its TrueType name plus the
code page(D-
-
2)
used to represent that name. This code page specific name cannot be displayed
or selected on another system that does not have the code page installed.
Fortunately, a TrueType font can also be identified by its internal
Postscript name(D-
-
6),
which is always written in the English code page, using romanization. In order
to handle fonts consistently regardless of installed code pages, the DoubleByte
TrueType font interface identifies fonts by their postscript names, rather than
by their language-specific TrueType names. However, the TrueType names are
stored in the DoubleByte font interface initialization file for use in
exporting text to native word processors.
The internal postscript names for the fonts shipped with Windows are listed
below followed by their Smart Characters symbol set IDs and use:
Japanese MS-Gothic 1.Chars 48
MS-Mincho 1.Chars 48
Traditional MingLi43 5.Chars 48 (only one)
Simplified simhei19 6.Chars 48
sming20 6.Chars 48
The internal
postscript names ensure uniqueness, but are not intended for user selection.
Some names from other manufacturers can be more or less descriptive, such as
"DLCHeyMedium" or "DFTT-B5." You can name these fonts as you like, but your
naming conventions would have to be used by others in order for another user to
display the same fonts.
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