Simplified Chinese in application

[serializer]

I have some unicode text in simplified chinese stored in xml files. Those are loaded at start of my WinForms application and the idea is to replace the text on demand. Simplified chinese is one of many languages you can choose from. Currently, I am using Tahoma and I am a bit sure of the approach. Apparently it can't display the characters but what should I do? Should I deliver a another font with the setup or will Tahoma "be" another font for Chinese Windows users?

thanks for your comments!

 

[chiph]

Why use a separate XML file when the .NET resource files do the same thing, as well as working "out of the box"? Pick up a copy of "Developing International Software" by Microsoft Press.

Also - Tahoma is not a full Unicode font. You'll want something like Arial Unicode MS.

Here are some Simplified Chinese fonts for you:

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts.html#simplified

Chip H.


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[serializer]

Thank you for your response. Actually I had some progress with this issue. The reason why I'm using a XML-file is because the translation interface is on the web and I wanted an easy way to download the information from the database into files.

Also, hardcoding do Tahoma did not pose any problems after installing the Asian package in regional settings. I assume that Chinese windows already have this pre-installed, and for those who haven't I rather point to installing that package than using different fonts all over my application.