Bug 428251

Summary: Tofu instead of Japanese characters
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: snthibaud
Component: kcm_fontsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description snthibaud 2020-10-26 01:05:29 UTC 
SUMMARY

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open font previewer
2. Choose Noto CJK Japanese font

OBSERVED RESULT
Tofu appears (blocks instead of characters - even though Noto literally means 'no tofu'). Some other applications also show tofu when Japanese characters should be displayed

EXPECTED RESULT
No tofu appears

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 20.04

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 2wxsy58236r3 2020-10-26 11:41:49 UTC 
> Some other applications also show tofu when Japanese characters should be displayed
How about trying `sudo fc-cache -r` (and then re-login / reboot)? This will force re-generate all font cache files and rescan fonts.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-10-26 14:34:23 UTC 
This is an issue with the fontconfig provided by your distro. I would recommend reporting this to the Kubuntu people.