Name: vi73552 Date: 03/10/99


Unable to access Chinese ideographic characters with release
font.properties.zh or font.properties.zh.NT4.0, get only 'block' characters.

Released font.properties.zh* files assume a specific set of files for Windows NT. Either SIMSUN.TTF or SIMSUN.TTC with internal font name of \u5b8b\u4f53 is required by these font specifications.

These are not the True-Type files installed on English Windows when adding Chinese language support packs from MS for IE3.x, IE4.x. The language packs install files MSSONG.TTF and MSHEI.TTF (Simplified) and MINGLIU.TTF (Traditional).

Release doc page fontprop.html should admit the possibility that
the mysterious string \u5b8b\u4f53 might need to be changed, in addition to changing the font file referenced.

What works for my platform (x86 WinNT4.0SP3) is changing
        dialog.plain.1=\u5b8b\u4f53,GB2312_CHARSET
to
        dialog.plain.1=MS Song,GB2312_CHARSET
in each of the 24 lines mentioning GB2312_CHARSET, and
        filename.\u5b8b\u4f53=SIMSUN.TTF
to
        filename.MS_Song=MSSONG.TTF

Note the need for the underline substituting for space in the filename.* specification is not mentioned.

Only change needed to .zh_TW for Traditional support on my system was to change MINGLIU.TTC to MINGLIU.TTF.
(Review ID: 48514)
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Name: krT82822 Date: 10/12/99


Unable to access Chinese ideographic characters with release
font.properties.zh or font.properties.zh.NT4.0, get only 'block' characters.

  Released font.properties.zh* files assume a specific set of files for Windows NT. Either SIMSUN.TTF or SIMSUN.TTC with internal font name of \u5b8b\u4f53 is required by these font specifications.

These are not the True-Type files installed on English Windows when adding Chinese language support packs from MS for IE3.x, IE4.x. The language packs install files MSSONG.TTF and MSHEI.TTF (Simplified) and MINGLIU.TTF (Traditional).

  Release doc page fontprop.html should admit the possibility that
the mysterious string \u5b8b\u4f53 might need to be changed, in addition to changing the font file referenced.
(Review ID: 96444)
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