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Bug ID: 4314494
Votes 19
Synopsis font.properties file configured for largest character set
Category java:classes_fontprop
Reported Against merlin-beta , kestrel-solaris
Release Fixed
State 11-Closed, duplicate of 4097028, request for enhancement
Priority: 4-Low
Related Bugs 4097028
Submit Date 22-FEB-2000
Description
Make the default font.properties file like the font.properties.x.utf8 on Solaris so larger character sets can be supported.
Work Around
N/A
Evaluation
suggestion by the developer implies that the default font.properties files have support for many all character sets.
  xxxxx@xxxxx   2000-02-22


put these font.properties enhancement requests together into #4097028
  xxxxx@xxxxx   2001-08-10
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Submitted On 07-MAR-2000
theferret
Specifically, font.properties.UTF8.5.7 should be used.
And it should be slightly adjusted (see below)

This will allow for kanji display, reguardless of what
locale the user is set to, "out of the box".

This is CRITICAL for programs that display "foreign" text.
EG: any current WEB BROWSER, like netscape, normally allows 
automatic detection and display of iso-2022-jp pages.

ADDITIONALLY, the font chosen for jis0208 should be changed
from
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-c-*-jisx0208.1983-0


to
-jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-c-*-jisx0208.1983-0


This simple one-word change, will use a more detailed font
that is STANDARD on solaris, and other UNIXen.




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