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#1 2022-01-08 21:34:13
- Hestia0
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Arabic characters not showing in the browser
I've install arch linux on vm and it seems to work fine so i ve instal dwm and a browse (firefox) .the problem is when i go to a web site the contine arabic characters it show up like in the photo
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Any suggestion on how i can solve it .
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#2 2022-01-08 21:39:09
- Trilby
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
The most likely explanation is that you do not have a font installed that provides those glyphs. Which font packages have you installed?
You may want one of these, though glyphs on www.aljazeera.net show up just fine for me and I don't have a specifically arabic font installed, but I do have ttf-dejavu which provides pretty wide unicode glyph coverage.
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#3 2022-01-08 21:41:50
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
except the ones that come with the base installation i did install any ..
edit: i try to install the ttf-dejavu an see .
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#4 2022-01-08 21:43:28
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
Thats your problem. I'd start with ttf-dejavu.
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#5 2022-01-08 21:48:47
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
except the ones that come with the base installation i did install any ..
There are no fonts included in the base installation.
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#6 2022-01-08 21:48:48
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
Thats your problem. I'd start with ttf-dejavu.
ty so much .. it was that easy .. ty
it works
IMG
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#7 2022-01-08 23:44:05
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
Switch the font. If you use Inter or any other similar font which doesn't provide characters for Arabic and Chinese you will have to ditch it. I recommend the Noto fonts as they support almost all the characters available.
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#8 2022-01-09 07:28:51
- seth
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Re: Arabic characters not showing in the browser
If you use …[a] font which doesn't provide characters for Arabic and Chinese you will have to ditch it
Most clients will use fontconfig which auto-resolves missing glyphs from near™ fonts - it's not required to "ditch" a font but merely to have one that provides the glyphs (eg. install dejavu - as the OP did on Trilby's advise to solve the problem 2h before your post)
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