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Appendix D: Configure Display of Language Character Set
Latin-based languages such as French, Spanish, Italian, and German, all use the same character
set as English, which is also a Latin-based language. Other languages, such as Arabic, Russian,
and Japanese use different character sets. The language or languages that you can display with
your Deko product depend upon Windows system settings. With the system configured correctly
to display the language you want, you may also need to select an appropriate font within the Deko
product application.
Note: Deko currently uses single byte characters to recall the appropriate glyph to display a character.When
a byte is sent to Deko, Deko converts it to Unicode according to the current code page. The information is
then maintained internally in Deko in Unicode. Most Truetype fonts have more than one lookup table. If
they have more than 256 glyphs, then they must be able to find those glyphs, usually with a Unicode lookup
table. Before Unicode, many non-Latin applications supplied their own fonts where all the glyphs are in the
first 256 positions. The applications had their own tables to know where the glyphs were stored. These fonts
do not work properly with more modern applications.
To use your Deko product with a certain language, follow these three steps:
1. Determine the operating system of your Deko product, i.e. Window NT, Windows XP, or Win-
dows 2000.
2. Follow the appropriate procedure for configuring that operating system to display the
language you want.
3. Within the Deko application, choose an appropriate font.
To determine the operating system of your Deko product:
Click Start>My Computer>View system information. The System Properties window
displays. The operating system is listed on the General tab.