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poloshiao (poloshiao) wrote : subject: Remove the string tags include Bitstream Vera、DejaVu inside in the setting file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-xy.conf where xy represents cn, hk, mo, sg and tw individually.

This bug report was originally posted by xenomorph0525 on 2010/10/7 23:33:05.
Its url : http://www.ubuntu-tw.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=148050#forumpost148050
I help translate it into English and post it here.

description: We only describe the setting file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf for brief purpose, but
the same situation may apply to the following setting files:
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-cn.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-hk.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-mo.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-sg.conf

Under traditional chinese environment in Linux system, which font will become the first choice and dominate the print output in Serif、Sans、Monospace typefaces depends on the order of the string tags, like <string>...</string>, in the setting file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.
Since there is not any traditional chinese character in the Bitstream Vera font and DejaVu font, it will appear a square in some applications, like Evince.
So remove the following string tags include Bitstream Vera、DejaVu inside from the setting file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf will resolve this problem.

<string>Bitstream Vera Serif</string>
<string>DejaVu Serif</string>

<string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
<string>DejaVu Sans</string>

<string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
<string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string>

Thank you for your kind attention in advance.