Sorry can't remember the exact link, but in one of the chromium bug reports someone suggested to install the fonts-unfonts-core package and that solved it for me.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171674 Title: Chromium renders Korean text (Hangul) illegibly Status in Chromium Browser: New Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Install chromium-browser and visit a page with Korean text, e.g.: http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%A0%ED%92%8D%EA%B8%B0_%EC%82%AC%EB%A7%9D%EC%84%A4 Hangul text inside the rendering area (but not outside it, e.g. tabs) is smashed together; see attached screenshot. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1171674/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

