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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-11-19 17:22:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-11-19 17:39:48 +0100 |
| commit | 5c36edc818e434c4cf75f69a476a74d932ca1e6d (patch) | |
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doc: Mention fonts for Asian languages.
Suggested by Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Explain how to install X11 fonts
for Asian languages.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f978f3de01..233c371fdb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1000,6 +1000,17 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts with Guix as well. Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}. +To display text written in Chinese languages, Japanese, or Korean in +graphical applications, consider installing +@code{font-adobe-source-han-sans} or @code{font-wqy-zenhei}. The former +has multiple outputs, one per language family (@pxref{Packages with +Multiple Outputs}). For instance, the following command installs fonts +for Chinese languages: + +@example +guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn +@end example + @c TODO What else? @c ********************************************************************* |