Arch Linux

TheSaint

Member

From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,536

[SOLVED] Chinese fonts in terminals?

Hello,

I've installed Arch for my daughter and she likes to use Chinese locale.
For the times I need to do some administration routine I use UTF8 in console. Usually I use lxterminal as result of installed LXDE. Mostly the locale writes correct for the Chinese language (which I don't know) but for other characters they appear overlapping.
What I'd like to know is what  I should set for these administration tasks, in order to have a clear readout.

Last edited by TheSaint (2015-01-21 05:07:11)

---

do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Chinese fonts in terminals?

Does it work in other terminal emulators? What fonts are you using?

TheSaint

Member

From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,536

Re: [SOLVED] Chinese fonts in terminals?

It's a bit long I don't do maintenance. But very same situation is happening on her ubuntu installation, which is gnome-terminal. But I don't count it.
Soon I'll report the details.

EDIT Actually I'm using monospace 10 for lxterminal seems that the kerning is fine. Also the locale freshly generated doesn't affect the readout.

$ locale -a
C
POSIX
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.utf8
zh_HK
zh_HK.big5hkscs
zh_HK.utf8

I'll mark the thread as solved.

Last edited by TheSaint (2015-01-21 05:06:38)

---

do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint