Can't see the characters-what am I missing?

akaportraits
 June 21, 2007 at 09:32 PM posted in General Discussion

Sorry if this question is olds.  I only get a row of little boxes on the web pages for Chinese characters...

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bazza
 June 22, 2007 at 07:41 AM

Your basically missing the whole of the Chinese language. ;)

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fudawei
 June 21, 2007 at 10:11 PM

Well, you need some sort of Asian language support on your computer -- but you didn't specify your operating system. This can vary from a full-blown IME (which most of us use) or, if you merely want to see see the characters it is sufficient to add a Chinese unicode font.

I'll assume Windows. Try this: Grab a free version of SimHei from:

http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts/s/SimHei.ttf

Download it and simply drop it into your Font folder. You'll find the Font Folder in START/Control Panel ... switch to "Classic View" and look for the folder labeled "Fonts".