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| Started by | Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> |
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| First post | 2015-10-21 16:10 +0200 |
| Last post | 2015-10-23 05:00 +0200 |
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Regarding language display issues Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-10-21 16:10 +0200
Re: Regarding language display issues Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2015-10-21 16:20 +0200
Re: Regarding language display issues Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-21 16:50 +0200
Re: Regarding language display issues Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 01:30 +0200
Re: Regarding language display issues Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 05:00 +0200
| From | Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> |
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| Date | 2015-10-21 16:10 +0200 |
| Subject | Regarding language display issues |
| Message-ID | <qm2fv-5eA-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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I am having trouble viewing webpages and text written in regional languages. Possibly, I need the right fonts but have no idea how to get the thing implemented. Details: Browser : Chromium, Iceweasel, and Google Chrome Stable Languages tried : Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, etc. as well as other foreign languages Issue : text gets displayed but with many circles inserted in between. Need a fix! -- Regards Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006
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| From | Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> |
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| Date | 2015-10-21 16:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qm2pc-5pS-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #159572 |
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Himanshu Shekhar:
>
> I am having trouble viewing webpages and text written in regional
> languages. Possibly, I need the right fonts but have no idea how to get the
> thing implemented.
Just use your friendly package manager to find the right fonts to
install:
$ apt-cache search font tamil
fonts-lohit-taml - Lohit TrueType font for Tamil Language
fonts-lohit-taml-classical - Lohit Tamil TrueType fonts for Tamil script
fonts-meera-taml - free font for Tamil
fonts-noto-hinted - "No Tofu" font families with large Unicode coverage
(hinted)
fonts-pagul - Free TrueType font for the Sourashtra language
fonts-samyak - Samyak TrueType fonts for Indian languages
fonts-samyak-taml - Samyak TrueType font for Tamil language
fonts-taml - Meta package to install all Tamil fonts
fonts-taml-tamu - TAMu family of non Unicode fonts for Tamil script
fonts-taml-tscu - TSCu family of non Unicode fonts for Tamil script
task-tamil - Tamil environment
$ sudo apt-get install fonts-taml
> Need a fix!
This is obvious, otherwise you probably wouldn't ask the question. As it
is, this remark only gives us the impression that other people should
fix your problem. That attitude is usually not well received.
Since you are asking a very basic question about Debian, I suggest you
skim the Debian Reference:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/
J.
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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| Date | 2015-10-21 16:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qm2Sd-606-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #159572 |
Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> I am having trouble viewing webpages and text written in regional
> languages. Possibly, I need the right fonts but have no idea how
> to get the thing implemented.
A starting point for adding fonts to a Debian installation would be:
https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts
https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts/UnicodeCoverage
I have not had to do so as I find default fonts adequate.
>
> Details:
> Browser : Chromium, Iceweasel, and Google Chrome Stable
Looking at browser specific sites would be valuable.
As Iceweasel is based on Firefox see
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox
> Languages tried : Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, etc.
> as well as other foreign languages
> Issue : text gets displayed but with many circles inserted in
> between.
>
> Need a fix!
>
> --
> Regards
> Himanshu Shekhar
> IIIT-Allahabad
> IRM2015006
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-23 01:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qmxsZ-x2-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #159572 |
On Wednesday 21 October 2015 15:03:57 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I am having trouble viewing webpages and text written in regional > languages. Possibly, I need the right fonts but have no idea how to get the > thing implemented. > > Details: > Browser : Chromium, Iceweasel, and Google Chrome Stable > Languages tried : Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, etc. as well > as other foreign languages > Issue : text gets displayed but with many circles inserted in between. > > Need a fix! As you say, get the fonts. Pointer: lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep gujarati i A ttf-gujarati-fonts - transitional dummy package lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep hindi lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep tamil i A ttf-tamil-fonts - Transitional dummy package lisi@Tux-II:~$ I haven't explored why no hindi in that ttf list. urdu isn't there either. Lisi
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| From | Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-23 05:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qmAKd-5ao-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #159657 |
On 10/22/15, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote: > > As you say, get the fonts. > > Pointer: > lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep gujarati > i A ttf-gujarati-fonts - transitional dummy package > lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep hindi > lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep tamil > i A ttf-tamil-fonts - Transitional dummy package > lisi@Tux-II:~$ > > I haven't explored why no hindi in that ttf list. urdu isn't there either. I tried it without the "ttf" and received this: +++ $ apt-cache search urdu font fonts-nafees - nafees free OpenType Urdu fonts fonts-paktype - PakType free OpenType Urdu fonts +++ Searching on "hindi" by itself brought up a very short list of packages total. Was an interesting quick read. Searching "hindi font" landed these: +++ fonts-deva-extra - Free fonts for Devanagari script fonts-gargi - OpenType Devanagari font fonts-lohit-deva - Lohit TrueType font for Devanagari script fonts-nakula - Free Unicode compliant Devanagari font fonts-sahadeva - Free Unicode compliant Devanagari font fonts-samyak-deva - Samyak TrueType font for Devanagari script fonts-sarai - truetype font for devanagari script emacs-intl-fonts - fonts to allow multilingual PostScript printing from Emacs task-hindi - Hindi environment +++ Oops because "hindi ttf" and "urdu ttf" landed nothing here, either, yet there's the word "TrueType" a few times for "hindi". An aside to those who write those descriptions: Don't forget to use **ALL** your special keywords! It's times like this when they matter. :D PS "urdu truetype" still landed no package results. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
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