Hi, On 17/11/2015, Alex Kost <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex Vong (2015-11-16 19:11 +0300) wrote: > >> From f2eac896933814a3d5a85c4c20c1407b692be1ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Alex Vong <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:57:35 +0800 >> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Ask user to install extra packages to display >> non-English alphabets. >> >> * doc/guix.texi (X11 Fonts): Add instruction and example. >> --- >> doc/guix.texi | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> >> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi >> index 3b6955c..dab8ab7 100644 >> --- a/doc/guix.texi >> +++ b/doc/guix.texi >> @@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts >> with Guix as well. >> Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and >> @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}. >> >> +In addition, if your graphical applications display non-english >> alphabets, >> +you may need to install extra font packages. >> +For instance, as of 2015, to correctly display CJK fonts in >> @code{icecat} >> +browser package, you should install @code{font-wqy-zenhei} font package. > > I didn't try 'font-wqy-zenhei', but there is also > 'font-adobe-source-han-sans' package (thanks to 宋文武) that "solves" > Chinese, Japanese and Korean symbols I've met so far. > I did tried `guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans`, but it didn't work for icecat.
I have tried it just now to remove `font-wqy-zenhei` and install `font-adobe-source-han-sans`, but it doesn't work for icecat. I guess it is because `font-adobe-source-han-sans` is probably too new. Well, it was invented in 2014 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Han_Sans>... > -- > Alex > Cheers, Alex
