Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: language-selector
CJK language support in Ubuntu is substandard. Removing the fonts from
fontconfig, and placing them in the language-selector package is good
for modularity; however, it wasn't done right.
The first problem is that for example the ja_JP file does not include
the default latin fonts, so any latin text will be ugly. I haven't
checked, but I have the feeling that "exotic" letters like é, á, ő, ű
(accented or double-accented e, a, o, u) would not even be displayed
correctly. So I had to create my own en_JP file.
The second is, why do I have to CHOOSE between Japanese and Chinese? If
I choose ja_JP, Chinese characters will not be displayed. And it is true
in the other way around, too. It's very stupid.
What I suggest is that all font configurations under language-selector
list the same (all?) fonts. The difference could be the order of the
fonts. In a Japanese setting, the Japanese fonts would get higher
priority, while in a Chinese one, the Chinese fonts. In this way, a
Japanese system could display Chinese text too, and vice versa, and the
different symbols with the same unicode would be displayed according to
the "preferred" language.
Please have a look at the attachment: Fedora includes all these fonts in
the configuration file by default, so the user is able to view Japanese
AND Chinese text without changing anything.
** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Support all languages in fontconfig, language-selector is not enough
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201322
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