Need sugestion on what font to use with Unicode chars
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Hi, I'm developing a Windows Forms application that will be translated to all kinds of languages, including Simplified Chinese. On Windows Vista it works just fine with the Segoe UI font, but on XP all Chinese chars become boxes due to that it falls back to Tahoma. Does anyone have a suggestion on an alternative font that I can use? Preferably it should be installed by default on Windows XP, it should not be too different from Tahoma or Sagoe UI and finally it should be possible to use for most languages out there, ie have a full Unicode set of characters. Best regards Christian
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Hi, I'm developing a Windows Forms application that will be translated to all kinds of languages, including Simplified Chinese. On Windows Vista it works just fine with the Segoe UI font, but on XP all Chinese chars become boxes due to that it falls back to Tahoma. Does anyone have a suggestion on an alternative font that I can use? Preferably it should be installed by default on Windows XP, it should not be too different from Tahoma or Sagoe UI and finally it should be possible to use for most languages out there, ie have a full Unicode set of characters. Best regards Christian
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I don't understand your question. Are you asking us what default fonts are installed on what OS's?
Sort of... I'm not located in China myself, so I'm not aware of what fonts support the Chinese character set. I have Googled this issue but I wasn't able to find a suitable answer, because I do not want to use different fonts for Chinese, Japanese etc. which is the usually suggested approach. Segoe UI would be the perfect choice, but it's not always available on XP. So question is if there is a similar font on XP? This problem should be very common, since my program is not the first to be translated into Chinese. Rather than going through hundreds of fonts, which is what I'm planning to do today I popped the question here.
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Sort of... I'm not located in China myself, so I'm not aware of what fonts support the Chinese character set. I have Googled this issue but I wasn't able to find a suitable answer, because I do not want to use different fonts for Chinese, Japanese etc. which is the usually suggested approach. Segoe UI would be the perfect choice, but it's not always available on XP. So question is if there is a similar font on XP? This problem should be very common, since my program is not the first to be translated into Chinese. Rather than going through hundreds of fonts, which is what I'm planning to do today I popped the question here.
Sorry, I lost track of this thread, my fault.
Christian Wikander wrote:
Segoe UI would be the perfect choice, but it's not always available on XP. So question is if there is a similar font on XP?
Have you considered making the Segoe font part of your installation?
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Sorry, I lost track of this thread, my fault.
Christian Wikander wrote:
Segoe UI would be the perfect choice, but it's not always available on XP. So question is if there is a similar font on XP?
Have you considered making the Segoe font part of your installation?
Yes, I have considered it. As I understand it I may not distribute it without a separate license from the author. While not impossible to overcome, it adds some extra hassle with my boss. ;) Secondly my application is distributed through ClickOnce. It seems like an extra hurdle to distribute and use it given that the application has no rights at all in the client system. At this point I more or less gave up to be able to move on. I wrote some code that change the font to one of the Sim* fonts if needed. Nevertheless, thanks for the reply.