強 not displaying properly on this site? (Ubunto)

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Reply #1 - 2009 June 19, 4:30 am
totsubo Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2008-12-28 Posts: 64

Not sure this is the best place to ask but ... I've just switched to using Ubuntu on my PC and I have noticed that some of the kanji in the review cards are not showing up properly. For example 強 (1235) is displayed with a mouth primitive instead of an 'elbow' primitive.

I'm also seeing this for kanji with the thread primitive where the bottom three strokes are showing up as somthing close to the 'fire' four dots.

Anyone know what's causing this and how I can fix it?

Reply #2 - 2009 June 19, 7:33 am
xaarg Member
From: Neverland Registered: 2007-07-13 Posts: 160

totsubo wrote:

Anyone know what's causing this and how I can fix it?

Your browser selected a Chinese font.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Japan … 20properly

Reply #3 - 2009 June 19, 9:18 am
shadysaint Member
From: Pennsylvania Registered: 2008-09-07 Posts: 88

That used to happen with my work computer.  I didn't bother fixing it because I figured exposure to alternate forms of the kanji would be good.

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Reply #4 - 2009 June 19, 11:23 am
nac_est Member
From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

Japanese text display always takes a little tweaking in ubuntu and firefox, but then it gets great.
Here's another guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975144 (it's for 7.10 but it should work anyway)

Reply #5 - 2009 June 20, 4:01 am
totsubo Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2008-12-28 Posts: 64

Thanks guys! Installing the fonts suggested in the links you gave worked!

The links have instructions for Ubuntu 8.x but even though I'm on jaunty (9.x) it worked. All I needed to do was install the fonts.

Much appreciated!

Reply #6 - 2009 June 20, 4:13 am
totsubo Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2008-12-28 Posts: 64

I spoke too soon sad Installing the fonts fixed my Firefox issue but my Anki is still displaying incorrectly.

Probably best I ask the Anki mailing list wink

Reply #7 - 2009 June 20, 5:31 am
Blahah Member
From: Cambridge, UK Registered: 2008-07-15 Posts: 715 Website

You need to set the newly installed Japanese font as your question/answer font in Anki. Go to Settings > Font and Colours. Anki probably just selected the best available font on install, so you need to let it know you've made a better option available.

Reply #8 - 2009 June 21, 1:37 am
totsubo Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2008-12-28 Posts: 64

I installed a new font set and that fixed it. The fonts were kochi-mincho and kochi-gothic

Reply #9 - 2009 June 21, 3:34 pm
nac_est Member
From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

I suggest the VL ゴシック and especially the VL Pゴシック fonts if you can find them. I find them very pleasing to the eyes.

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