LMDE Simplified Chinese is displayed as "□□"

[zengtao420]

LMDE Select Simplified Chinese language after the installation，Chinese full display “□□”.No Chinese input method.No language installation tool in the control center.

[jimmm33]

I had this problem with Japanese characters. I searched Synaptic for "Japanese" and found a Japanese font. I installed it and it worked.

[stz*j]

Had the same issue with chinese fonts. Looked around in other forum topics and even the debian forums for a solution. Glad it wasn't in Chinese.

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... ge#p298208

Quite easy to solve, just need to install Chinese fonts. Yes, synaptic does have it, you can just install any fonts but from the debian forum:

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sudo apt-get install ttf-arphic-uming ttf-wqy-zenhei

Not sure if there's a need to generate the locales thingy but I tried it before installing the fonts, if the above doesn't work, type in the terminal:

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

And generate the zh_* locale which you need. Again, this last step might not be necessary.

[rufong]

just need to install Chinese fonts. Yes, synaptic does have it.

that is the route i took, recommended by stz*j and others.
synaptic>chinese in the search box>mark for installation
i was hoping to continue to use ibus for inputing characters, which drew me to mint
and i am!

yay for LMDE, yay for ibus!
devs, your work has impacted so many for the better..