User Guide

FontLab 4
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Type 1 Character Set
Type 1 fonts do not have such extensive support for multiple codepages.
The character names they use to identify characters are mapped to codes
through the encoding vector. There is one parameter that is used to tell
Adobe Type Manager (used to support Type 1 fonts in Windows) how to
interpret the encoding vector. This is the Microsoft Character set.
Some of the values for Microsoft Character set:
ANSI
The Font has all the characters necessary to represent the standard
Windows Latin 1 character set. No reencoding is necessary.
Symbol
The font is symbolic with a custom encoding vector. It should appear
as Symbol in Windows applications and the font’s own encoding vector
should be used to access characters.
ShiftJIS
This is a Japanese font that includes Kanji characters.
OEM
The font has MS DOS characters. This setting is rarely used in Type 1
fonts.
Bitstream This is a normal text font, but it has its own encoding that should be
used to access characters. This setting is highly recommended for all
text fonts with a non-standard encoding vector.
Arabic
The font has Arabic encoding.
Other values cover more codepages that may be supported by the font.
Choose the codepage that is the default for your font.