Configuring Gateway Clients
28 Netscape Directory Server Gateway Customization Guide
Unicode and Latin-1 Character Sets
When the user is using Netscape Communicator 4.x, the Directory server sends
Unicode characters. Netscape Navigator 2.x and 3.x clients are not capable of
displaying Unicode characters.
When the user is using Netscape Navigator 3.x and lower, the Directory server
sends Latin-1 characters unless the charset parameter has been configured in
the gateway’s .conf file. The Latin-1 character set includes most Western
languages, including German, French, English, and Spanish.
Displaying a Non-English Alphabet
To display directory content that uses a non-English alphabet, a font capable of
displaying a non-English alphabet must be installed on the user’s system.
The Directory server can store any Unicode character, so Communicator users
should install a font that supports all of Unicode. Bitstream Cyberbit, which is
bundled with Netscape Communicator, supports Unicode.
Users who are not using Communicator should use a font that supports Latin-1
(or Western) character sets. Most of the commonly used fonts (Courier, Times
Roman, Helvetica) have a Latin-1 variant.
Configuring Communicator 4.x for
Preferred Language
1. Install a font that supports Unicode.
2. Go to Edit | Preferences | Appearance | Fonts.
3. From the For the Encoding pull-down menu, select Unicode.
4. From the Variable Width Font pull-down menu, select a Unicode font set
(for example, Bitstream Cyberbit).
5. From the Fixed Width Font pull-down menu, select a Unicode font set (for
example, Bitstream Cyberbit).
