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<legacy_id>1631</legacy_id>

<name>fontLanguage</name>

<type>function</type>

<syntax>

<example>the fontLanguage of <i>fontName</i></example>

<example>fontLanguage(<i>fontName</i>)</example>

</syntax>

<library></library>

<objects>

</objects>

<synonyms>

</synonyms>

<classification>

<category>Appearance &amp; Positioning</category>

<category>Text and Data Processing</category>

</classification>

<references>

<function tag="uniDecode">uniDecode Function</function>

</references>

<history>

<introduced version="2.1">Added.</introduced>

</history>

<platforms>

<mac/>

<windows/>

<linux/>

</platforms>

<classes>

<desktop/>

<server/>

<web/>

</classes>

<security>

</security>

<summary>Returns the language associated with a <glossary tag="Unicode">Unicode</glossary> font.</summary>

<examples>

<example>the fontLanguage of "Osaka"</example>

</examples>

<description>

<p>Use the <b>fontLanguage</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st> to list only the fonts intended for a particular language.</p><p/><p><b>Parameters:</b></p><p>The <i>fontName</i> is the name of any font that is installed on the current system.</p><p/><p><b>Value:</b></p><p>The <b>fontLanguage</b> of a font is one of the following:</p><p>* ANSI (for English-language fonts)</p><p>* Arabic</p><p>* Bulgarian</p><p>* Chinese</p><p>* Greek</p><p>* Hebrew</p><p>* Japanese</p><p>* Korean</p><p>* Polish</p><p>* Roman</p><p>* Russian</p><p>* Thai</p><p>* Turkish</p><p>* SimpleChinese</p><p>* Ukrainian</p><p/><p><b>Comments:</b></p><p>For a list of all fonts installed on the current system, use the <b>fontNames</b> function.</p><p/><p><code/><img src="202652"/> <b>Cross-platform note:</b><code/> On <glossary tag="Unix">Unix systems</glossary>, the <b>fontLanguage</b> always returns "English".</p>

</description>

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