SECTION 5.7
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Font Descriptors
TABLE 5.22 Glyph classes in CJK fonts
CHARACTER COLLECTION
CLASS
GLYPHS IN CLASS
Adobe-GB1
Alphabetic
Dingbats
Generic
Hanzi
HRoman
HRomanRot
Kana
Proportional
ProportionalRot
Full-width Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic glyphs
Special symbols
Typeface-independent glyphs, such as line-drawing
Full-width hanzi (Chinese) glyphs
Half-width Latin glyphs
Same as
HRoman
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Japanese kana (katakana and hiragana) glyphs
Proportional Latin glyphs
Same as
Proportional
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Full-width Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic glyphs
Special symbols
Typeface-independent glyphs, such as line-drawing
Full-width hanzi (Chinese) glyphs
Half-width Latin glyphs
Same as
HRoman
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Japanese kana (katakana and hiragana) glyphs
Proportional Latin glyphs
Same as
Proportional
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Full-width Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic glyphs
Numeric glyphs
Special symbols
Same as
Dingbats
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Typeface-independent glyphs, such as line-drawing
Same as
Generic
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Half-width kana (katakana and hiragana) glyphs
Same as
HKana
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Half-width Latin glyphs
Same as
HRoman
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Full-width kana (katakana and hiragana) glyphs
Full-width kanji (Chinese) glyphs
Proportional Latin glyphs
Same as
Proportional
but rotated for use in vertical writing
Glyphs used for setting ruby (small glyphs that serve to annotate
other glyphs with meanings or readings)
Full-width Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic glyphs
Special symbols
Full-width kanji glyphs
Adobe-CNS1
Alphabetic
Dingbats
Generic
Hanzi
HRoman
HRomanRot
Kana
Proportional
ProportionalRot
Adobe-Japan1
Alphabetic
AlphaNum
Dingbats
DingbatsRot
Generic
GenericRot
HKana
HKanaRot
HRoman
HRomanRot
Kana
Kanji
Proportional
ProportionalRot
Ruby
Adobe-Japan2
Alphabetic
Dingbats
HojoKanji