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.