Bug 172638 - missing japanese kanji in font 'Monospace'
Summary: missing japanese kanji in font 'Monospace'
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: kwrite (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Reported: 2008-10-12 10:09 UTC by Kevin Connor Arpe
Modified: 2008-10-13 21:08 UTC (History)
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Description Kevin Connor Arpe 2008-10-12 10:09:55 UTC
Version:           4.5.9 (using 3.5.9, Kubuntu (hardy) 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu7.1)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-19-generic

Hi,

When I use the font 'Monospace', the kanji (絵) is missing.  It draws as a square with black border and transparent fill -- a generic missing character image.

See the Wiktionary page here: http://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B5%B5

I noticed I can see it inside my Firefox browser, but the app title (drawn by KDE libs) draws the kanji as a square when you open the Wiki page above.

Try to copy and paste the kanji into KWrite to replicate.

I cannot find another fixed width font that has this kanji.  I only know courier, and it doesn't work there either.

This bug report may appear misdirected, but I don't know how to file a bug for a font missing a character.  Apologies in advance!

Otherwise, KWrite and KDE is dandy.  Thanks for your hard work.  I appreciate it!

Kind regards,
Kevin Connor Arpe
Comment 1 Matthew Woehlke 2008-10-13 21:08:56 UTC
As you note, this is most likely not a kwrite bug, nor even a KDE bug, and further may be no bug at all.

I suggest taking this to your distribution's support forums; most likely, you are simply missing a font that provides kanji, or possibly fontconfig is misconfigured. Your distro will be better able to guide you to ascertaining if there is truly a bug.

Worth mentioning is that I am able to see/use 絵 (and indeed, many other kanji) in kwrite without trouble.