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Mac OS Encoding Variants

For font-based Mac OS encoding variants, Table B-1 gives the variant name in the English language, comments about the variant (such as whether it is the system or application font), and the constant used to represent the variant.

**Table B-1** Mac OS Encoding Variants
English Name	Comments	Constant for Variant

Mac OS Icelandic Script = `smRoman` (`0`), language = `langIcelandic` (`15`), region = `verIceland` (`21`)
Chicago	System font	`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
Geneva	Application font	`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
Monaco		`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
New York		`kMacIcelandicStdDefaultVariant`
Palatino		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`
Times		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`
Helvetica		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`
Courier		`kMacIcelandicTTDefaultVariant`

Mac OS Japanese
Osaka	System font, application font	kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
Osaka Tohaba		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
MaruGothic		*
HonMincho		*
TohabaGothic		kMacJapaneseBasicVariant
TohabaMincho		kMacJapaneseBasicVariant
ChuGothic	PostScript	kMacJapanesePostScriptScrnVariant
SaiMincho	PostScript	kMacJapanesePostScriptScrnVariant
HeiseiKakuGothic		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
HeiseiMincho		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
ChuGothic BBB		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
ChuGothic BBB Tohaba		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
Ryumin Light-KL		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
Ryumin Light-KL-Tohaba		kMacJapaneseStandardVariant
* (For System 7.1-J, the constant is `kMacJapaneseVertAtKuPlusTenVariant`, otherwise it’s kMacJapaneseStandardVariant.)

Mac OS Arabic
Cairo	System font	kMacArabicStandardVariant
Geeza	Application font	kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant
Nadeem		kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant
Baghdad		kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant
Kufi		kMacArabicTrueTypeVariant
Thuluth	PostScript	kMacArabicThuluthVariant
Thuluth Bold	PostScript	kMacArabicThuluthVariant
AlBayan		kMacArabicAlBayanVariant

Mac OS Farsi Script = `smArabic` (4), language = `langFarsi` (31), region = `verIran` (48)
Tehran	System font	kMacFarsiStandardVariant
Asfahan		kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant
Mashad		kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant
NadeemFarsi		kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant
Kamran		kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant
Amir		kMacFarsiTrueTypeVariant

Mac OS Hebrew
Eilat	System font	kMacHebrewStandardVariant
Hermon	Application font	kMacHebrewStandardVariant
Arial		kMacHebrewStandardVariant
New Peninim		kMacHebrewStandardVariant
Corsiva		kMacHebrewStandardVariant
Raanana		kMacHebrewStandardVariant
RamatGan		kMacHebrewStandardVariant
Sinai Book		kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant
Ramat Sharon		kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant
Carmel		kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant
Caesarea		kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant
Gilboa		kMacHebrewFigureSpaceVariant

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