Try to use tfm-arphic-bsmi00lp. Maybe it will works. I use gb fonts not big5. But I think they are probably the same.
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:54:23 +1200 Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > First of all I aplogise for using english here but it's the only > language that I speak, and I am setting up a machine running debian > for a friend who needs to be able to read Chinese Big5, I have set up > and used Debian linux for a number of years however I have never had > to enable support for other languages so this is all new. > > After many hours of configuration I have come up with the following: > http://obsolete.co.nz/snapshot1.png > > As you can see from this, specifically in the licq window, I can send > chinese messages, but the font for english is to spaced out and large, > if i change the size to smaller then the characters are unreadable. > > What font should I be using? I believe at the moment I am using this > font: ttf-arphic-bkai00mp > > I have installed the traditional chinese task as well as anything that > i can find in list of packages that looks hopeful and still have not > come up with anything that is satisfactory. > > Can anyone give me some ideas on where I can look for some more > documentation or some other things that I can do? > > Thanks for your time > > Campbell > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > | This message was re-posted from [email protected] > | and converted from big5 to gb2312 by an automatic gateway. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- | This message was re-posted from [email protected] | and converted from gb2312 to big5 by an automatic gateway.

