International Language Environments Guide

Mapping Section

The mapping section of the mp.conf files maps from the intermediate code ranges to the font group in a locale. Each line in this section is as follows.

keyword

MapCode2Font.

range_start

A 4–byte hexadecimal value that starts with 0x, that indicates the start of the code range to map to one or more font group.

range_end

Indicates the end of the code range to map. It can be '-' in which case only a single intermediate code point is mapped to the target font.

group

A Type1, PCF, or TrueType font group, with which the presentation forms are to be printed.