CHARSET = <charset name or number>
(Windows only) This optional command works in conjunction with the FONT command to determine the font character set that is selected. Choices are as follows:
|
Value |
Meaning |
|
Value |
Meaning |
|
ANSI (or 0) |
ANSI character set (default) |
|
161 |
Greek |
|
OEM (or 255) |
OEM character set |
|
162 |
Turkish |
|
Symbols (or 2) |
Symbol set |
|
177 |
Hebrew |
|
Default (or 1) |
Default for selected font face name |
|
178 |
Arabic |
|
77 |
Mac |
|
186 |
Baltic |
|
128 |
Shift JIS (Japanese Kanji) |
|
204 |
Russian |
|
129 |
Hangeul |
|
222 |
Thai |
|
134 |
GB2312 |
|
238 |
Eastern Europe |
|
136 |
Chinese Big5 |
|
|
|
Note that merely specifying an exotic character set does not mean you will get it, because a font with those characteristics has to exist. If you specify both a font name (using the FONT= parameter) and a charset, the character set will become most important if the requested font face name does not exist. This is why the default setting is ANSI rather than DEFAULT, because ANSI is what is expected.
You must set PASSTHROUGH=OFF for CHARSET to be applicable. Also note that you can change fonts in mid report using the GDI print commands; see Print Directive List. Also see FONT and WEIGHT, which work together with CHARSET to determine the actual font selected.