关键词： 板塘苗文, 字符编码, Unicode标准, Truetype字库

Abstract: National language characters information processing is of great significance for protecting the national cultural heritage and promoting national culture.Both computer coded representation and fonts creating are the basic works of national language characters information processing research.The glyph feature of Xiangxi Bantang Hmong Language Characters is analyzed.On the basis of character encoding standard and font technology being introduced,the encoding scheme of Bantang Hmong Language Characters,which is based on the Unicode standard in Windows environment,is proposed.And then,according to Bantang Hmong Language Characters,the method of making matrix font based on Photoshop technology and the concrete steps of creating fonts based on Truetype technology are given.

Key words: Bantang Hmong Language Characters, character encoding, Unicode standard, Truetype fonts