Recording medium having text information recorded there on and reproducing apparatus.

A RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH THE SUBCODE IS RECORDED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAIN DATA, AND A REPRODUCING APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THE RECORDING MEDIUM. ON THE DISC-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM(101), THERE IS PROVIDED A MANAGEMENT AREA(103) SUITABLE FOR CODING AND RECORDING THE LETTER INFORMATION(TEXTI1-TEXT12) FOR DISPLAYING THE LETTER INFORMATION(TEXT 1- TEXT 12) CAPABLE OF COPING WITH THE PROGRAM INFORMATION RECORDED IN THE PROGRAM AREA(104) OR THE LETTER INFORMATION(TEXT1-TEXT12) SPECIFYING THE TYPES OR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE DISC-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM(101). IN ADDITION, WHEN REPRODUCING THE DISC-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM(101), IT IS DISCERNED WHETHER THE TEXT DATA OR THE GRAPHICS INFORMATION IS TO BE DECODED ON THE BASIS OF THE MODE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MANAGEMENT AREA(103) OF THE DISC-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM(101), AND A DECODING CIRCUIT(54) IS SWITCHED BASED ON THE DISCRIMINATED RESULT FOR SELECTING THE DISPLAY IN ORDER TO COPE WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT DISC-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIA.(FIG.21)