Traditional vs. Simplified Chinese Fonts - Captivate 6

Hello, I am creating 3 versions of a class - Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and English.
I understand that some of the Adobe fonts (Heiti, Fangsong, etc.) are more appropriate for one Chiese version or the other. Can someone advise which are for Traditional and which are for Simplified Chinese?
This has been such a long and trying process; I appreciate any and all help.
Thanks!

Hi Christine,
I beileve you posted this on FB page, I have responded there.
But would let you know my answer again. I have not experimented much but have made a project once using both these languages/fonts.
I used :
Kozuka Gothic Pr6N for Traditional Chinese
Simsun for Simplified Chinese
Thanks,
Anjaneai

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v_hold_armpart varchar2(240):= null;
v_hold_line varchar2(500);
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v_file_line2 varchar2(100) := '<STX><ESC>P<ETX>';
v_file_line3 varchar2(100) := '<STX>E4;F4;<ETX>';
v_file_line4 varchar2(100) := '<STX>H00;o0200,0200;c60;k32;d0,30;<ETX>';
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v_file_line6 varchar2(100) := '<STX>R<ETX>';
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v_file_handle UTL_FILE.file_type;
v_submit_status number;
v_out_path_name varchar2(50);
v_export_path_name varchar2(50);
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<STX><ESC>C<ETX>
<STX><ESC>P<ETX>
<STX>E4;F4;<ETX>
<STX>H00;o0200,0200;c60;k32;d0,30;<ETX>
<STX>L1;o102,102;f0;l575;w5;<ETX>
<STX>R<ETX>
<STX><ESC>E4<CAN><ETX>
<STX>ä¼ æ„Ÿå™¨<CR><ETX>
<STX><ETB><ETX>
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Hi!
I'm doing a java application which displays some chinese characters. These chinese characters can either be in Simplified chinese format or Traditional chinese format. I use unicode to get these chinese characters and store them into a hashmap in unicode format.
The question is: if a chiense character has 2 form, one in simplified and the other traditional, when convert to unicode. Are they suppose to have the same unicode value or 2 different values to represent them in 2 forms?
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-KAren-

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as mentioned in my other reply... ;-)
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