In previous versions of dark basic you can call a character set by including it at the end of the set text font command:
set text font "arial",1
where ',1' equals the English character set. A list of character sets is as follows:
; CharSet Codes
; -------------
; DEFAULT_CHARSET 1
; SYMBOL_CHARSET 2
; SHIFTJIS_CHARSET 128
; HANGEUL_CHARSET 129
; HANGUL_CHARSET 129
; GB2312_CHARSET 134
; CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET 136
; OEM_CHARSET 255
; JOHAB_CHARSET 130
; HEBREW_CHARSET 177
; ARABIC_CHARSET 178
; GREEK_CHARSET 161
; TURKISH_CHARSET 162
; VIETNAMESE_CHARSET 163
; THAI_CHARSET 222
; EASTEUROPE_CHARSET 238
; RUSSIAN_CHARSET 204
; MAC_CHARSET 77
; BALTIC_CHARSET 186
Enjoy your day.