Don't you hate the embarassment when someone mails while you are typing and then your mail assumes the last mail didn't exist.
Robbins' method works. I tested the mincho font, because I like mincho fonts. In Arch it is in /opt as always. Thanks On 12/14/06, Richard Gananathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My problem is that OOO doesn't seem to recognise all the fonts I have. > Only a few fonts are shown. > > I just did a test, in Terminal I can type Japanese (though extreemly > ugly) using the bistream vera serif that is in OOO. > > So basically, OOO doesn't like Japanese and they come up as squares > even though I am using a font that has Japanese support. > > I guess it isn't a font problem then. > > On 12/14/06, Hussam Al-Tayeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/14/06, Richard Gananathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I cannot seem to be able to type Japanese in OpenOffice. Unlike many > > > people who seem to have a similar problem, I can click on the anthy > > > button in scim and type japanese. It seems like it would come up but > > > instead of Japanese only boxes come out. > > > > > > I can input Japanese in almost every other application. > > > > > > I have a feeling this is because of the fonts I am using. However > > > OpenOffice only sees a few fonts. Monospace (what I use for Terminal, > > > among other things) is not there. How would I add normal fonts to > > > OpenOffice or somehow be able to see the Japanese I type in rather > > > than boxes. > > > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > arch mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > Try using ttf-dejavu , it seems to have a wider set of characters. I > > use it to display Arabic characters that monospace and bitstream-vera > > do not. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
