Patent ID: 6967655

Claim:
A character-string information output apparatus for outputting character-string information supported by a predetermined character encoding scheme, comprising: search means for searching, from an external memory, the character-string information having identical contents and supported by a plurality of different character encoding schemes, in a case where it is instructed to output the character-string information, extraction means for extracting the character encoding scheme interpretable by said character-string information output apparatus from the character encoding schemes supporting the character-string information searched by said search means; font information search means for searching font information corresponding to the character-string information supported by the extracted character encoding scheme; and character-string information output means for outputting the character-string information supported by the extracted character encoding schemes, wherein said character-string information output means outputs the character-string information based on the searched font information and is arranged so that, if said character-string information output apparatus does not have the font information corresponding to the character-string information supported by the extracted character encoding scheme, said character-string information output means outputs the character-string information by using another font information.