Font Linking Registry Settings

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The following registry key links a base font to a link font. In this code example, the platform developer selected MSGothic, a Japanese-specific font, when building the base platform. When searching for a character, the base font is searched first followed by the linked font. This enables you to support a larger variety of characters in a font without switching.

For more information about these settings, see Customizing Fonts.

For a more information about these settings, see Enabling Linked Fonts.

IF LOCALE=0409
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink]
    "Arial"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS PGothic"
    "Microsoft Logo"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS PGothic"
    "Times New Roman"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS Gothic"
    "Tahoma"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS PGothic"
    "Courier New"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS PGothic"
    "Symbol"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS Gothic"
    "Kino MT"="\\Windows\\msgothic.ttc,MS Gothic"

The following registry key describes the characters to skip in the base font in favor of the linked font.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\FontLink\SkipTable]
    "Tahoma"="005c,00a5,007e,0391-03c9,2026,2116,221a,25a0-25ff"

The following registry key sets the end-user-defined character (EUDC) font for the system.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\EUDC]
    "SystemDefaultEUDCFont"="\\Windows\\eudc.tte"
ENDIF LOCALE=0409

See Also

General Font Registry Settings | Font Registry Settings for Japan | Font Registry Settings for Korea | Font Registry Settings for Simplified Chinese | Font Registry Settings for Traditional Chinese | System Font Registry Settings

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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