Thursday, November 09, 2006

Adding More Chinese Fonts

  • Get the following fonts from somewhere (c:\windows\fonts)
simsun.ttc --- 宋体和新宋体
tahoma.ttf --- tahoma字体
tahomabd.ttf --- tahoma字体的粗体形式
verdana.ttf --- verdana字体
verdanab.ttf --- verdana字体的粗体形式
verdanai.ttf --- verdana字体的斜体形式
verdanaz.ttf --- verdana字体的粗体+斜体形式
simfang.ttf --- 仿宋体
simhei.ttf --- 黑体
simkai.ttf --- 楷体

and
sudo cp * /usr/share/fonts/zh_CN/
  • Update font cache
cd zh_CN
sudo mkfontscale
sudo mkfontdir
sudo fc-cache

  • Modify the config file, replace the content of it:
gedit /etc/fonts/language-selector.conf





serif



Bitstream Vera Serif
SimSun
DejaVu Serif
AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni
AR PL ZenKai Uni







sans-serif



Bitstream Vera Sans
Simsun
DejaVu Sans
AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni
AR PL ZenKai Uni








monospace



Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
Simsun
DejaVu Sans Mono
AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni
AR PL ZenKai Uni









SimSun
Song
Sun
Kai
Ming


100




180





true







SimSun
宋体
宋体-18030
Song
Sun
Kai
Ming
黑体
新宋体
新宋体-18030
楷体_GB2312
仿宋_GB2312
隶体
SimSun-18030
SimHei
NSimSun
NSimSun-18030
KaiTi_GB2312
FangSong_GB2312
LiSu




false





0





true





false





true





12




24




false





  • Restart X Windows
PS: can run "fontconfig" command to check and set fonts.

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