how do you configure XP fonts?

iHatePopUpsiHatePopUps Singapore
edited July 2006 in Science & Tech
On my home PC, Japanese text is appearing in my Winamp, Japanese Games as squares. At the office PC, the text displays fine. I've cross-checked the settings for the applications and they're all the same, plus i've copied whatever fonts the PC in my office has and installed it into my home PC but there's no change. Besides setting 'Non-Unicode text' under Language Settings in Control Panel to be Japanese, is there any other way? The difference between the PC in my office and the PC at home is:

Office PC => XP Professional service pack 1
Home PC => XP Home Edition service pack 2

Of course the hardware would be different, with the office PC's losing out to the one i have at home, but that wouldn't be a factor would it? Someone help me with this?

Comments

  • iHatePopUpsiHatePopUps Singapore
    edited July 2006
    Erm, some help here?
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    You have to download the japanese language pack. I'm sure there must be a way to do it manually, and I was hoping that someone whould give you that solution, but since they haven't, I'll tell you what I do:

    You just need to go to a website that uses Japanese on the site itself, then IE will prompt you to download and install the Japanese language pack. I know that www.megetokyo.com is one that will activate this for you.


    As I said, I'm sure there is another way or place that you are supposed to get it and install it manually, but this should also work. :)
  • iHatePopUpsiHatePopUps Singapore
    edited July 2006
    If it's the language packs that you can find on the WinXP installation CD, i've installed ALL of them already. But it doesn't work.

    But ok, i'll try your suggestions and report back here :)
  • iHatePopUpsiHatePopUps Singapore
    edited July 2006
    Problem. I can access Japanese Texted sites without problems. The packs are already installed. But as you can see in the images below, my Winamp text is still screwed up. Look for the "??????"(Screen1.jpg). Not only that, but Japanese text in my start menu appears as gibberish too (Screen2.jpg):
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    I see what you mean, but unfortunately, I don't think that can be fixed. The standard windows fonts would need to have those characters in them, and they simply don't, and you can't add them. You would have to install windows choosing Japanese as your primary language. That would give you the right character sets, but would likely cause a lot of other incompatability issues.

    As far as the winamp playlist, that's not controled by windows at all, it a winamp thing. I'm not sure if they offer support for Japanese song titles, but you might ask at the WinAmp help forums.

    Sorry I can't be more help.
  • iHatePopUpsiHatePopUps Singapore
    edited July 2006
    Hey. It's okay. Thanks. Before you close this thread though, can you give me any sites you know where I can get Japanese font files from?
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited July 2006
    I just know where to get the ones for the web, as I posted above. I assume the Japanese font files are on a Windows install disk that is intended for (or compatable with) installation in Japan.

    I wish I knew more to tell, but you seem to have stumbled on an issue that not many of us seem to have experience with.
  • iHatePopUpsiHatePopUps Singapore
    edited July 2006
    No problem. Thanks for the big help! :)
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