Mac OS Encoding Variants

For font-based Mac OS encoding variants, Table D-1 gives the variant name in the English language, comments about the variant (such as whether it is the system or application font), and the constant used to represent the variant.

Note

Except for the names listed under Mac OS Icelandic, the English font names given below are not the names used by the Font Manager or displayed in menus.

Table D-1 Mac OS Encoding Variants

English Name	Comments	Constant for Variant

Mac OS Icelandic Script = `smRoman` (`0`), language = `langIcelandic` (`15`), region = `verIceland` (`21`)
Chicago	System font	`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
Geneva	Application font	`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
Monaco		`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
New York		`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
Palatino		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`
Times		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`
Helvetica		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`
Courier		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`

Mac OS Japanese
Osaka	System font, application font	`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
Osaka Tohaba		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
MaruGothic		*
HonMincho		*
TohabaGothic		`kMacJapaneseBasicVariant`
TohabaMincho		`kMacJapaneseBasicVariant`
ChuGothic	PostScript	`kMacJapanesePostScriptScrnVariant`
SaiMincho	PostScript	`kMacJapanesePostScriptScrnVariant`
HeiseiKakuGothic		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
HeiseiMincho		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
ChuGothic BBB		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
ChuGothic BBB Tohaba		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
Ryumin Light-KL		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
Ryumin Light-KL-Tohaba		`kMacJapaneseStandardVariant`
* (For System 7.1-J, the constant is `kMacJapaneseVertAtKuPlusTenVariant`, otherwise it's kMacJapaneseStandardVariant.)

Mac OS Arabic
Cairo	System font	`kMacArabicStandardVariant`
Geeza	Application font	`kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant`
Nadeem		`kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant`
Baghdad		`kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant`
Kufi		`kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant`
Thuluth	PostScript	`kMacArabicThuluthVariant`
Thuluth Bold	PostScript	`kMacArabicThuluthVariant`
AlBayan		`kMacArabicAlBayanVariant`

Mac OS Farsi Script = `smArabic` (4), language = `langFarsi` (31), region = `verIran` (48)
Tehran	System font	`kMacFarsiStandardVariant`
Asfahan		`kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant`
Mashad		`kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant`
NadeemFarsi		`kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant`
Kamran		`kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant`
Amir		`kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant`

Mac OS Hebrew
Eilat	System font	`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
Hermon	Application font	`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
Arial		`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
New Peninim		`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
Corsiva		`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
Raanana		`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
RamatGan		`kMacHebrewStandardVariant`
Sinai Book		`kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant`
Ramat Sharon		`kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant`
Carmel		`kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant`
Caesarea		`kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant`
Gilboa		`kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant`

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Mac OS Encoding Variants

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