Troubleshooting the Display of Japanese Characters (Windows Embedded Compact 7)

When you include support for a Japanese font in your OS image, the characters may not display correctly in your OS.

In this article:

Cause
Resolution

Cause

Scripts that have complex character sets and scripts in which characters are not displayed linearly from left to right require Unicode Script Processor for Complex Scripts (Uniscribe) technology to provide correct text handling and layout. Uniscribe support is required for the following Japanese fonts to display correctly, but Uniscribe support is not automatically included in your OS image when you include support for these fonts.

Catalog item	Sysgen variable	Description
Meiryo & Meiryo UI	SYSGEN_FONTS_MEIRYO	Provides Meiryo sans serif font for Japanese script.
Meiryo Bold & Meiryo UI Bold	SYSGEN_FONTS_MEIRYOB	Provides bold Meiryo sans serif font for Japanese script.
MS Gothic & MS PGothic & MS UI Gothic	SYSGEN_FONTS_MSGOTHIC	Provides Microsoft Gothic, proportional Gothic (PGothic), and UI Gothic sans serif fonts for Japanese script.
MS Mincho & MS PMincho	SYSGEN_FONTS_MSMINCHO	Provides Microsoft Mincho and proportional Mincho (PMincho) serif font set.

Resolution

To fix the problem, add SYSGEN_UNISCRIBE to your OS design by following the instructions below.

To add SYSGEN_UNISCRIBE to your OS design

In Platform Builder, in Catalog Items View, expand Core OS, and then expand Windows Embedded Compact.
Expand International, and then expand Language.
Expand Japanese.
Select Unicode Script Processor for Complex Scripts.
Save your changes and rebuild the OS image.