[tlug] ja fonts

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

I've a new notebook, with Linux Mint 18.1, xfce (the first notebook
where I've not had to pay the Microsoft tax, and not had to set up dual
boot).

Getting the IME up and working, in both Japanese and Chinese, was the
easiest it has ever been [1][2]. Almost straightforward!

The last thing I need to sort out is that the Japanese fonts are not
brilliant. They look quite cursive, clashing with the surrounding text.

IIRC, Google now has two full unicode fonts. Is the noto sans font
something I can install as the default system-wide font? ...poking
around, I notice the fonts-noto metapackage is already installed. (But
it seems to be made up of dozens of fonts.)

Any suggestions or advice?

Darren




[1]:
Language Settings, Input Method: click install for Japanese. Then chose
"fcitx" at the top of that screen.
Then logout, and login. (Might also need to start it - search for fcitx
in the mint menu.)

Then do the same for simplified chinese. (Logout and in required again!)


[2]: Not quite got compose working for European and other characters;
AltGr + various keys seems to be the approach, but I've not worked out
how to type all of them yet. E.g. AltGr+e gives é, but how do I get the
down-facing accent? And why do AltGr+1 and AltGr+3 give the small
superscripts, but AltGr+2 doesn't?

And getting Russian (Cyrillic) input working can be a challenge for
another week :-)