Traditional Chinese characters not displayed correctly in GUI help panels

This problem occurs when you are displaying Traditional Chinese characters in the IBM Spectrum® Control GUI help panels.

Problem

The Traditional Chinese characters are not displayed correctly in the IBM Spectrum Control GUI help panels.

Action

To work around this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Download the file mtsans_t.zip from the following Web site:ftp://submit.boulder.ibm.com/download/typography/fonts/worldtype/archive/wts_/2002-02-26/.
  2. Unzip the file mtsans_t.zip to access the unicode font file mtsans_t.ttf (Monotype Sans WT TC).
  3. Install the font file mtsans_t.ttf on the Traditional Chinese Windows™ system.
  4. Modify the file:
    <TPC_install_dir>\jre\lib\fontproperties.zh_TW
    Add the line:
    filename.Monotype_Sans_WT_TC=MTSANS_T.TTF
    Modify the fontproperties.zh_TW file with the following lines in bold highlight:
    ========== fontproperties.zh_TW ==========
serif.0=Times New Roman
serif.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
serif.2=Lucida Sans Regular
serif.3=Times New Roman WT TC
serif.4=EUDC

serif.italic.0=Times New Roman Italic
serif.italic.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
serif.italic.2=Lucida Sans Oblique
serif.italic.3=Times New Roman WT TC
serif.italic.4=EUDC

serif.bold.0=Times New Roman Bold
serif.bold.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
serif.bold.2=Lucida Sans Regular
serif.bold.3=Times New Roman WT TC
serif.bold.4=EUDC

serif.bolditalic.0=Times New Roman Bold Italic
serif.bolditalic.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
serif.bolditalic.2=Lucida Sans Oblique
serif.bolditalic.3=Times New Roman WT TC
serif.bolditalic.4=EUDC

sansserif.0=Arial
sansserif.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
sansserif.2=Lucida Sans Regular
sansserif.3=Arial Unicode MS
sansserif.4=EUDC

sansserif.italic.0=Arial Italic
sansserif.italic.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
sansserif.italic.2=Lucida Sans Oblique
sansserif.italic.3=Arial Unicode MS
sansserif.italic.4=EUDC

sansserif.bold.0=Arial Bold
sansserif.bold.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
sansserif.bold.2=Lucida Sans Regular
sansserif.bold.3=Arial Unicode MS
sansserif.bold.4=EUDC

sansserif.bolditalic.0=Arial Bold Italic
sansserif.bolditalic.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
sansserif.bolditalic.2=Lucida Sans Oblique
sansserif.bolditalic.3=Arial Unicode MS
sansserif.bolditalic.4=EUDC

monospaced.0=Courier New
monospaced.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
monospaced.2=Lucida Sans Typewriter Regular
monospaced.3=Lucida Sans Regular
monospaced.4=Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC
monospaced.5=EUDC

monospaced.italic.0=Courier New Italic
monospaced.italic.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
monospaced.italic.2=Lucida Sans Typewriter Oblique
monospaced.italic.3=Lucida Sans Oblique
monospaced.italic.4=Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC
monospaced.italic.5=EUDC

monospaced.bold.0=Courier New Bold
monospaced.bold.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
monospaced.bold.2=Lucida Sans Typewriter Regular
monospaced.bold.3=Lucida Sans Regular
monospaced.bold.4=Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC
monospaced.bold.5=EUDC

monospaced.bolditalic.0=Courier New Bold Italic
monospaced.bolditalic.1=Monotype Sans WT TC,CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
monospaced.bolditalic.2=Lucida Sans Typewriter Oblique
monospaced.bolditalic.3=Lucida Sans Oblique
monospaced.bolditalic.4=Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC
monospaced.bolditalic.5=EUDC


#
# Define dialog and dialoginput to match the above definitions
#
alias.dialog=sansserif
alias.dialoginput=monospaced

#
# Exclusion Ranges
#
#exclusion.dialog.0=0500-20ab,20ad-ffff
#exclusion.dialoginput.1=0500-20ab,20ad-ffff
#exclusion.serif.0=0500-20ab,20ad-ffff
#exclusion.sansserif.0=0500-20ab,20ad-ffff
#exclusion.monospaced.1=0500-20ab,20ad-ffff

#
# To enable helvetica, courier and timesroman as real fonts
# remove aliases, and define them as real terminal fonts.
# (i.e. timesroman.0=TimesRoman)
#
# timesroman.0=TimesRoman
alias.timesroman=serif
# helvetica.0=Helvetica
alias.helvetica=sansserif
# courier.0=Courier
alias.courier=monospaced

# font filenames

filename.Arial=arial.ttf
filename.Arial_Bold=arialbd.ttf
filename.Arial_Bold_Italic=arialbi.ttf
filename.Arial_Italic=ariali.ttf
filename.Arial_Unicode_MS=arialuni.ttf
filename.Courier_New=cour.ttf
filename.Courier_New_Bold=courbd.ttf
filename.Courier_New_Bold_Italic=courbi.ttf
filename.Courier_New_Italic=couri.ttf
filename.EUDC=eudc.tte
filename.Lucida_Sans_Oblique=LucidaSansOblique.ttf
filename.Lucida_Sans_Regular=LucidaSansRegular.ttf
filename.Lucida_Sans_Typewriter_Oblique=LucidaTypewriterOblique.ttf
filename.Lucida_Sans_Typewriter_Regular=LucidaTypewriterRegular.ttf
filename.Monotype_Sans_Duospace_WT_T=mtsansdt.ttf
filename.Times_New_Roman=times.ttf
filename.Times_New_Roman_Bold=timesbd.ttf
filename.Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic=timesbi.ttf
filename.Times_New_Roman_Italic=timesi.ttf
filename.Times_New_Roman_WT_TC=tnrwt_t.ttf
filename.Monotype_Sans_WT_TC=mtsans_t.ttf
filename.\u65b0\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4=mingliu.ttc
filename.MingLiU=mingliu.ttc
filename.PMingLiU=mingliu.ttc

# default char definition
default.char=02ff

# charset for text input
inputtextcharset=CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET

# font substitution
substitute.0=\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4=MingLiU
        substitute.1=\ub5b0\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4=PMingLiu
substitute.2=Arial Unicode MS=Times New Roman WT TC
substitute.3=Arial Unicode MS=Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC
substitute.4=Monotype Sans Duospace WT=Arial Unicode MS
substitute.5=Monotype Sans Duospace WT=Times New Roman WT TC
substitute.6=Times New Roman WT=Arial Unicode MS
substitute.7=Times New Roman WT=Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC
substitute.8=Times New Roman=Times New Roman
substitute.9=Courier New=Courier New
substitute.10=Arial=Arial
substitute.11=Times New Roman=Times New Roman
substitute.12=Courier New=Courier New
substitute.13=Arial=Arial
register.0=MingLiU
register.1=PMingLiU
========== end of  fontproperties.zh_TW ==========
  5. Save the file and redisplay the help panels in IBM Spectrum Control GUI.