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[Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx>]

I assume fonts for Chinese as well as other languages will be included at a
later stage?


2013/5/30 Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>  On 05/27/2013 05:29 AM, Ricky Chan wrote:
>
> Is there a language I could push to the phone in order for it to DISPLAY
> languages other than the ones with alphabets? I view a lot of traditional
> chinese on a daily basis, whether it is webistes or contacts.
>
>  It's not about localization or inputting but just simply displaying the
> languages.
>
>  Thank you.
>
>
>
> We’re not shipping any font that supports Chinese in the image.
>
>  A quick fix for this situation is to install the fonts-droid package
> (that’s the default font set for Android, it covers an extensive character
> set, including simplified and traditional Chinese, licensed under the
> Apache2 license). Not sure what the other options are, but that one works
> nicely.
>
>  When installed, it’s able to display both the UI in Chinese (where
> translations are available and with the correct language setup), and web
> pages in Chinese (tested with news.cn, webkit knows how to pick the right
> font).
>
> Cheers,
>
>  Olivier
>
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