diff --git a/doc/ft_encodings.rst b/doc/ft_encodings.rst
index fc53e308..6e9ea795 100644
--- a/doc/ft_encodings.rst
+++ b/doc/ft_encodings.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ the FT_Select_Charmap API function.
   'http://langsupport.japanreference.com/encoding.shtml'. See note on
   multi-byte encodings below.
 
-.. data:: FT_ENCODING_GB2312	
+.. data:: FT_ENCODING_PRC
 
   Corresponds to an encoding system for Simplified Chinese as used used in
   mainland China.
diff --git a/doc/tt_ms_ids.rst b/doc/tt_ms_ids.rst
index ede063c6..b3065c36 100644
--- a/doc/tt_ms_ids.rst
+++ b/doc/tt_ms_ids.rst
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ charmaps and name entries.
   Corresponds to SJIS Japanese encoding. See FT_ENCODING_SJIS.
 
 
-.. data:: TT_MS_ID_GB2312	
+.. data:: TT_MS_ID_PRC
 
   Corresponds to Simplified Chinese as used in Mainland China. See
-  FT_ENCODING_GB2312.
+  FT_ENCODING_PRC.
 
 
 .. data:: TT_MS_ID_BIG_5	
diff --git a/examples/font-info.py b/examples/font-info.py
index d362f875..73739167 100644
--- a/examples/font-info.py
+++ b/examples/font-info.py
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 
     face = Face(sys.argv[1])
 
-    print ('Family name:         {}'.format(face.family_name))
-    print ('Style name:          {}'.format(face.style_name))
+    print ('Family name:         {}'.format(face.family_name.decode("ascii", errors='ignore')))
+    print ('Style name:          {}'.format(face.style_name.decode("ascii", errors='ignore')))
     print ('Charmaps:            {}'.format([charmap.encoding_name for charmap in face.charmaps]))
     print ('')
     print ('Face number:         {}'.format(face.num_faces))
     print ('Glyph number:        {}'.format(face.num_glyphs))
-    print ('Available sizes:     {}'.format(face.available_sizes))
+    # FT_Bitmap_Size.size is in F26.6. Need to divide by 64:
+    print ('Available sizes:     {}'.format([bitmap_size.size/64 for bitmap_size in face.available_sizes]))
     print ('')
     print ('units per em:        {}'.format(face.units_per_EM))
     print ('ascender:            {}'.format(face.ascender))
diff --git a/examples/ftdump.py b/examples/ftdump.py
index b676d099..09137995 100644
--- a/examples/ftdump.py
+++ b/examples/ftdump.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ def usage( execname ):
 
 def Print_Name( face ):
     print( "font name entries" );
-    print( "   family:     %s" % face.family_name )
-    print( "   style:      %s" % face.style_name )
+    print( "   family:     %s" % face.family_name.decode("ascii", errors='ignore') )
+    print( "   style:      %s" % face.style_name.decode("ascii", errors='ignore') )
     ps_name = face.postscript_name or "UNAVAILABLE"
-    print( "   postscript: %s" % ps_name )
+    print( "   postscript: %s" % ps_name.decode("ascii", errors='ignore') )
 
 
 def Print_Type( face ):
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ def Print_Fixed( face ):
 
     # available size
     for i,bsize in enumerate(face.available_sizes):
-        print( "   %3d: height %d, width %d\n",
-               i, bsize.height, bsize.width )
-        print( "        size %.3f, x_ppem %.3f, y_ppem %.3f\n",
-               bsize.size / 64.0,
-               bsize.x_ppem / 64.0, bsize.y_ppem / 64.0 )
+        print( "   %3d: height %d, width %d" %
+               ( i, bsize.height, bsize.width ) )
+        print( "        size %.3f, x_ppem %.3f, y_ppem %.3f" %
+               ( bsize.size / 64.0,
+               bsize.x_ppem / 64.0, bsize.y_ppem / 64.0 ) )
 
 
 def Print_Charmaps( face ):
diff --git a/freetype/ft_enums/ft_encodings.py b/freetype/ft_enums/ft_encodings.py
index 50f38de4..566bc375 100644
--- a/freetype/ft_enums/ft_encodings.py
+++ b/freetype/ft_enums/ft_encodings.py
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@
   'http://langsupport.japanreference.com/encoding.shtml'. See note on
   multi-byte encodings below.
 
-FT_ENCODING_GB2312
+FT_ENCODING_PRC
 
-  Corresponds to an encoding system for Simplified Chinese as used used in
-  mainland China.
+  Corresponds to encoding systems mainly for Simplified Chinese as
+  used in People's Republic of China (PRC).  The encoding layout
+  is based on GB~2312 and its supersets GBK and GB~18030.
 
 FT_ENCODING_BIG5
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ def _FT_ENC_TAG(a,b,c,d):
                 'FT_ENCODING_MS_SYMBOL'      : _FT_ENC_TAG( 's','y','m','b' ),
                 'FT_ENCODING_UNICODE'        : _FT_ENC_TAG( 'u','n','i','c' ),
                 'FT_ENCODING_SJIS'           : _FT_ENC_TAG( 's','j','i','s' ),
-                'FT_ENCODING_GB2312'         : _FT_ENC_TAG( 'g','b',' ',' ' ),
+                'FT_ENCODING_PRC'            : _FT_ENC_TAG( 'g','b',' ',' ' ),
                 'FT_ENCODING_BIG5'           : _FT_ENC_TAG( 'b','i','g','5' ),
                 'FT_ENCODING_WANSUNG'        : _FT_ENC_TAG( 'w','a','n','s' ),
                 'FT_ENCODING_JOHAB'          : _FT_ENC_TAG( 'j','o','h','a' ),
diff --git a/freetype/ft_enums/tt_ms_ids.py b/freetype/ft_enums/tt_ms_ids.py
index 57027bb9..fa8daf71 100644
--- a/freetype/ft_enums/tt_ms_ids.py
+++ b/freetype/ft_enums/tt_ms_ids.py
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
   Corresponds to SJIS Japanese encoding. See FT_ENCODING_SJIS.
 
 
-TT_MS_ID_GB2312
+TT_MS_ID_PRC
 
-  Corresponds to Simplified Chinese as used in Mainland China. See
-  FT_ENCODING_GB2312.
+  Chinese encodings as used in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
+  This means the encodings GB~2312 and its supersets GBK and
+  GB~18030.  See FT_ENCODING_PRC.
 
 
 TT_MS_ID_BIG_5
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
     'TT_MS_ID_SYMBOL_CS'  :  0,
     'TT_MS_ID_UNICODE_CS' :  1,
     'TT_MS_ID_SJIS'       :  2,
-    'TT_MS_ID_GB2312'     :  3,
+    'TT_MS_ID_PRC'        :  3,
     'TT_MS_ID_BIG_5'      :  4,
     'TT_MS_ID_WANSUNG'    :  5,
     'TT_MS_ID_JOHAB'      :  6,