DSL Tips and Tricks :: Display Chinese

Hi,

Having searched the web for how to display Chinese on DSL for days, I think I have found the eastiest way.  Just select MyDSL/System and select gnu-utils.dsl.info to install.  Then launch FireFox or Opera to test.  The result is not perfect, particularly for simplified chinese.  But for Hong Kong and Taiwan's traditional Chinese, it's acceptable.  Have a try.

Don't ask me why it can because I am also new to linux.  Ask other experts.

Let's DSL.

Hi,

I have also tried the procedure as described in
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Chinese-HOWTO.html

The result is much much better.  But for the fonts, you'll have to download from
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/ccic/software/fonts/big5/bdf/
and/or
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/ccic/software/fonts/gb/bdf/
for traditional and simplified Chinese fonts.

Note that the command "compress"  as stated in th above doc is not in DSL and so I used gzip instead.

Take the font file "eb5-24k2.bdf.gz" for example.  Here are the steps:

# gzip -cd eb5-24k2.bdf.gz | bdftopcf -t > eb5-24k2.pcf
# gzip *.pcf
# mv *.pcf.gz /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
# mkfontdir .
# xset fp rehash

At the time I write this message, I have installed :
cmex24m.bdf.gz
eb5-15f.bdf.gz
eb5-15j.bdf.gz
eb5-24f.bdf.gz
eb5-24j.bdf.gz
eb5-24k2.bdf.gz
and I am going to install the simplified Chinese fonts as well.