FT_ENCODINGS

An enumeration used to specify character sets supported by charmaps. Used in the FT_Select_Charmap API function.

FT_ENCODING_NONE

The encoding value 0 is reserved.

FT_ENCODING_UNICODE

Corresponds to the Unicode character set. This value covers all versions of the Unicode repertoire, including ASCII and Latin-1. Most fonts include a Unicode charmap, but not all of them.

For example, if you want to access Unicode value U+1F028 (and the font contains it), use value 0x1F028 as the input value for FT_Get_Char_Index.

FT_ENCODING_MS_SYMBOL

Corresponds to the Microsoft Symbol encoding, used to encode mathematical symbols in the 32..255 character code range. For more information, see ‘http://www.ceviz.net/symbol.htm’.

FT_ENCODING_SJIS

Corresponds to Japanese SJIS encoding. More info at at ‘http://langsupport.japanreference.com/encoding.shtml’. See note on multi-byte encodings below.

FT_ENCODING_GB2312

Corresponds to an encoding system for Simplified Chinese as used used in mainland China.

FT_ENCODING_BIG5

Corresponds to an encoding system for Traditional Chinese as used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

FT_ENCODING_WANSUNG

Corresponds to the Korean encoding system known as Wansung. For more information see ‘http://www.microsoft.com/typography/unicode/949.txt’.

FT_ENCODING_JOHAB

The Korean standard character set (KS C 5601-1992), which corresponds to MS Windows code page 1361. This character set includes all possible Hangeul character combinations.

FT_ENCODING_ADOBE_LATIN_1

Corresponds to a Latin-1 encoding as defined in a Type 1 PostScript font. It is limited to 256 character codes.

FT_ENCODING_ADOBE_STANDARD

Corresponds to the Adobe Standard encoding, as found in Type 1, CFF, and OpenType/CFF fonts. It is limited to 256 character codes.

FT_ENCODING_ADOBE_EXPERT

Corresponds to the Adobe Expert encoding, as found in Type 1, CFF, and OpenType/CFF fonts. It is limited to 256 character codes.

FT_ENCODING_ADOBE_CUSTOM

Corresponds to a custom encoding, as found in Type 1, CFF, and OpenType/CFF fonts. It is limited to 256 character codes.

FT_ENCODING_APPLE_ROMAN

Corresponds to the 8-bit Apple roman encoding. Many TrueType and OpenType fonts contain a charmap for this encoding, since older versions of Mac OS are able to use it.

FT_ENCODING_OLD_LATIN_2

This value is deprecated and was never used nor reported by FreeType. Don’t use or test for it.