Character Sets

This chapter contains a table comparing the character sets of WGL4 (the Windows Glyph List defined for Windows 95), UGL, Window 3.1x (for the U.S.), and the Macintosh (for the U.S.). The characters checked are required in a font for compatibility with the respective platforms. Microsoft suggests that at a minimum, the U.S. Windows 3.1x (ANSI) set and the Macintosh/PostScript set be supported in all your fonts. For the character set to properly support codepages under OS/2, the full UGL character set must also be included.

The character set table in this chapter contains the following information:

Field Name	Description
Min	Minimum character set recommended
Unicode	Unicode value of glyph
PostScript Name	PostScript name of glyph
Descriptive Name	Descriptive name of glyph
WGL4	Glyph in WGL4 character set
UGL	Glyph in UGL character set
Win31	Glyph in US Win31 character set
MacChar	US Macintosh character code for glyph
MacIndex	US Macintosh glyph index for glyph

Font files for Microsoft platforms must use Unicode indices (given here as hexadecimal values).