Font Enumeration

EnumFonts, EnumFontFamilies

If an OS/2 font is assigned to more than one Windows CharSet, the Open32 NLS Extension returns only CharSets listed below, for Win32 compatibility. The font for different CharSet has the different qualifier at the end of the facename. If facename string with qualifier exceeds the length limit (32 bytes), that qualifier is not appended to the facename string.

Windows CharSet

Condition
ANSI_CHARSET
If the font is for SBCS only, and ANSI capable.
GREEK_CHARSET
If the font is for SBCS only, and Greek capable. The facename is followed by " Greek"
EASTEUROPE_CHARSET
If the font is for SBCS only, and East Europe capable. The facename is followed by " CE"
RUSSIAN_CHARSET
If the font is for SBCS only, and Cyrillic capable. The facename is followed by " Cyr"
OEM_CHARSET
If the font is for OEM. The facename is followed by "OEM". (not in Windows. Open32 unique)
SYMBOL_CHARSET
If the font is for SYMBOL.
SHIFTJIS_CHARSET
If the font is for Japanese. Other CharSets should not be returned.
HANGEUL_CHARSET
If the font is for Hangeul (Wansung). Other CharSets should not be returned.
GB2312_CHARSET
If the font is for Simplified Chinese. Other CharSets should not be returned.
CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
If the font is for Traditional Chinese. Other CharSets should not be returned.
For example, OS/2 "MINCHO" font is returned as

SHIFTJIS_CHARSET,

"MINCHO"
OEM_CHARSET,
"MINCHO OEM"
OS/2 "Courier" font is returned as

ANSI_CHARSET,

"Courier"
GREEK_CHARSET,
"Courier Greek"
EASTEUROPE_CHARSET,
"Cpurier CE"
RUSSIAN_CHARSET,
"Courier Cyr"
OEM_CHARSET,
"Courier OEM"
EnumFontFamiliesEx

If an OS/2 font is assigned to more than one Windows CharSet, the Open32 NLS Extension returns all possible CharSets for that font. The font for different CharSet has the same facename, with different scriptname (elfScript member in ENUMLOGFONTEX structure).

Windows CharSet

Condition
ANSI_CHARSET
If the font is ANSI capable. The scriptname is "Western".
GREEK_CHARSET
If the font is Greek capable. The scriptname is "Greek".
EASTEUROPE_CHARSET
If the font is East Europe capable. The scriptname is "Central European".
RUSSIAN_CHARSET
If the font is Cyrillic capable. The scriptname is "Cyrillic".
TURKISH_CHARSET
If the font is Turkish capable. The scriptname is "Turkish".
HEBREW_CHARSET
If the font is Hebrew capable. The scriptname is "Hebrew".
ARABIC_CHARSET
If the font is Arabic capable. The scriptname is "Arabic".
BALTIC_CHARSET
If the font is Baltic capable. The scriptname is "Baltic".
THAI_CHARSET
If the font is Thai capable. The scriptname is "Thai".
OEM_CHARSET
If the font is for OEM. The scriptname is "OEM/DOS".
SYMBOL_CHARSET
If the font is for SYMBOL. The scriptname is "Symbol".
SHIFTJIS_CHARSET
If the font is Japanese capable. The scriptname is T.B.D."Japanese".
HANGEUL_CHARSET
If the font is Hangeul (Wansung) capable. The scriptname is T.B.D."HANGEUL".
JOHAB_CHARSET
If the font is Hangeul (Johab) capable. The scriptname is T.B.D."JOHAB".
GB2312_CHARSET
If the font is Simplified Chinese capable. The scriptname is T.B.D."GB2312".
CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
If the font is Traditional Chinese capable. The scriptname is T.B.D."CHINESEBIG5".
Note: The Open32 NLS Extensions uses above script names in English, but on Windows 95 , translated script names are used. Must consider that how string are used.

ChooseFont

ChooseFont will be implemented based on EnumFontFamiliesEx. The candidates in the ListBox are shown in the following format:

• facename (scriptname)

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