Summary table for the General Library Fonts

This section lists General Library fonts by font type and language group.

These language groups identify supported languages:

  1. The Arabic language group (International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8859-6) includes Latin and Arabic scripts.
  2. The Cyrillic language group (ISO 8859-5) includes Bulgarian, Byelorussian, English, Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Ccroatian, and Ukrainian.
  3. The Greek language group (ISO 8859-7) includes Latin and Greek scripts.
  4. The Hebrew language group (ISO 8859-8) includes Latin and Hebrew scripts.
  5. Katakana contains phonetic syllabic characters used for writing non-Japanese words, such as foreign names, borrowed words, or company names.
  6. The Lao language group supports the Lao language.
  7. The Latin language group includes Latin1 through Latin5 and Vietnamese.
  8. The Latin1 language group (ISO 8859-1) includes Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. The Latin1 language group also provides the euro currency symbol and all Latin9 (ISO 8859-15) characters.
  9. The Latin2 language group (ISO 8859-2) includes Albanian, Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovenian.
  10. The Latin3 language group (ISO 8859-3) includes Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Maltese, Spanish, and Turkish.
  11. The Latin4 language group (ISO 8859-4) includes Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greenlandic, Lap, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, and Norwegian.
  12. The Latin5 language group (ISO 8859-9) includes Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
  13. The Thai language group supports the Thai language.

The next table provides this information:

AFP typeface name
The IBM name for the typeface. Courier, Helvetica, and Times New Roman fonts contain characters for the ISO language groups.
Style and weight
The style and weight of the font. Possible values are:
IB
Italic Bold
IM
Italic Medium
RB
Roman Bold
RM
Roman Medium
Character set identifier
A six-character name, with "CZ" as the prefix, that identifies an AFP outline character set.
Type 1 file name
The name of a Type 1 font that is used to create the AFP outline font. The file extensions are AFM, INF, and PFB.
GCSGID
The graphic character set global identifier (GCSGID) is a collection of characters registered with a unique number and sometimes used for font and code page selection.
FGID
The font typeface global identifier (FGID) is a number assigned to each typeface and is sometimes used for font selection.

Summary of General Library Fonts

AFP typeface name Style and weight Character set identifier Type 1 file name GCSGID FGID
APL
Courier APL2 RM RB CZ420P CZ440P APL APLB 1364 307 322
Arabic
Boutros Typing Arabic RM RB IM IB CZ4204 CZ4404 CZ4304 CZ4504 COU_A COU_AB COU_AI COU_ABI 1506 416 420 424 428
ITC Boutros Modern Rokaa Arabic RM RB IM IB CZH204 CZH404 CZH304 CZH504 HEL_A HEL_AB HEL_AI HEL_ABI 1506 2304 2305 2306 2307
ITC Boutros Setting Arabic RM RB IM IB CZN204 CZN404 CZN304 CZN504 TNR_A TNR_AB TNR_AI TNR_ABI 1506 2308 2309 2310 2311
BookMaster Specials
BookMaster Specials RM RB IM IB CZB20C CZB40C CZB30C CZB50C EDFBS EDFBSB EDFBSI EDFBSBI 1241 335 336 337 338
BookMaster Specials Reverse RM CZB60C EDFBSR 1241 339
Cyrillic
Courier Cyrillic Greek RM RB IM IB CZ4203 CZ4403 CZ4303 CZ4503 COU_CG COU_CGB COU_CGI COU_CGBI 1504 416 420 424 428
Helvetica Cyrillic Greek RM RB IM IB CZH203 CZH403 CZH303 CZH503 HEL_CG HEL_CGB HEL_CGI HEL_CGBI 1504 2304 2305 2306 2307
Times New Roman Cyrillic Greek RM RB IM IB CZN203 CZN403 CZN303 CZN503 TNR_CG TNR_CGB TNR_CGI TNR_CGBI 1504 2308 2309 2310 2311
Greek
Courier Cyrillic Greek RM RB IM IB CZ4203 CZ4403 CZ4303 CZ4503 COU_CG COU_CGB COU_CGI COU_CGBI 1504 416 420 424 428
Helvetica Cyrillic Greek RM RB IM IB CZH203 CZH403 CZH303 CZH503 HEL_CG HEL_CGB HEL_CGI HEL_CGBI 1504 2304 2305 2306 2307
Times New Roman Cyrillic Greek RM RB IM IB CZN203 CZN403 CZN303 CZN503 TNR_CG TNR_CGB TNR_CGI TNR_CGBI 1504 2308 2309 2310 2311
Hebrew
Shalom Hebrew RM RB IM IB CZ4205 CZ4405 CZ4305 CZ4505 COU_H COU_HB COU_HI COU_HBI 1362 416 420 424 428
Narkiss Tam Hebrew RM RB IM IB CZH205 CZH405 CZH305 CZH505 HEL_H HEL_HB HEL_HI HEL_HBI 1362 2304 2305 2306 2307
Narkissim Hebrew RM RB IM IB CZN205 CZN405 CZN305 CZN505 TNR_H TNR_HB TNR_HI TNR_HBI 1362 2308 2309 2310 2311
IBM Logo
IBM Logo RM CZIBM0 LOGOIBM 2040 51767
Katakana
Gothic Katakana RM CZ6208 GOT_K 1306 304
Lao
Courier Lao RM RB IM IB CZ4209 CZ4409 CZ4309 CZ4509 COU_L COU_LB COU_LI COU_LBI 1341 416 420 424 428
Pusuwan RM RB IM IB CZH209 CZH409 CZH309 CZH509 HEL_L HEL_LB HEL_LI HEL_LBI 1341 2304 2305 2306 2307
Kaewfah RM RB IM IB CZN209 CZN409 CZN309 CZN509 TNR_L TNR_LB TNR_LI TNR_LBI 1341 2308 2309 2310 2311
Latin
Courier Latin RM RB IM IB CZ420L CZ440L CZ430L CZ450L COU COUB COUI COUBI 1503 416 420 424 428
Helvetica Latin RM RB IM IB CZH20L CZH40L CZH30L CZH50L HEL HELB HELI HELBI 1503 2304 2305 2306 2307
Times New Roman Latin RM RB IM IB CZN20L CZN40L CZN30L CZN50L TNR TNRB TNRI TNRBI 1503 2308 2309 2310 2311 
Latin1
Boldface Latin1 RB CZ8400 BFC 2041 20224
BookMaster Latin1 RM RB IM IB CZB200 CZB400 CZB300 CZB500 EDFBL EDFBLB EDFBLI EDFBLBI 2041 335 336 337 338
BookMaster Latin1 Reverse RM CZB600 EDFBLR 2041 339
Courier Latin1 RM RB IM IB CZ4200 CZ4400 CZ4300 CZ4500 COU COUB COUI COUBI 2041 416 420 424 428
Gothic Text Latin1 RM CZ6200 GOT 2041 304
Helvetica Latin1 RM RB IM IB CZH200 CZH400 CZH300 CZH500 HEL HELB HELI HELBI 2041 2304 2305 2306 2307
Letter Gothic Latin1 RM RB CZ5200 CZ5400 LGO LGOB 2041 400 404
Prestige Latin1 RM RB IM CZ7200 CZ7400 CZ7300 PRS PRSB PRSI 2041 432 318 319
Times New Roman Latin1 RM RB IM IB CZN200 CZN400 CZN300 CZN500 TNR TNRB TNRI TNRBI 2041 2308 2309 2310 2311
Latin2, Latin3, Latin5
Courier Latin235 RM RB IM IB CZ4202 CZ4402 CZ4302 CZ4502 COU COUB COUI COUBI 1261 416 420 424 428
Helvetica Latin235 RM RB IM IB CZH202 CZH402 CZH302 CZH502 HEL HELB HELI HELBI 1261 2304 2305 2306 2307
Times New Roman Latin235 RM RB IM IB CZN202 CZN402 CZN302 CZN502 TNR TNRB TNRI TNRBI 1261 2308 2309 2310 2311
Latin4
Courier Latin4 RM RB IM IB CZ4207 CZ4407 CZ4307 CZ4507 COU COUB COUI COUBI 1268 416 420 424 428
Helvetica Latin4 RM RB IM IB CZH207 CZH407 CZH307 CZH507 HEL HELB HELI HELBI 1268 2304 2305 2306 2307
Times New Roman Latin4 RM RB IM IB CZN207 CZN407 CZN307 CZN507 TNR TNRB TNRI TNRBI 1268 2308 2309 2310 2311
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
OCRA RM CZ920A OCR_A 968 305
OCRB RM CZ920B OCR_B 1502 306
Symbols
Courier Symbols RM RB CZ4201 CZ4401 COU_S COU_SB 1275 416 420
Helvetica Symbols RM RB CZH201 CZH401 HEL_S HEL_SB 1275 2304 2305
Times New Roman Symbols RM RB CZN201 CZN401 TNR_S TNR_SB 1275 2308 2309
Thai
Courier Thai RM RB IM IB CZ4206 CZ4406 CZ4306 CZ4506 COU_T COU_TB COU_TI COU_TBI 1505 416 420 424 428
Thonburi RM RB IM IB CZH206 CZH406 CZH306 CZH506 HEL_T HEL_TB HEL_TI HEL_TBI 1505 2304 2305 2306 2307
Burirum RM RB IM IB CZN206 CZN406 CZN306 CZN506 TNR_T TNR_TB TNR_TI TNR_TBI 1505 2308 2309 2310 2311
Parent topic: General Library Fonts