On Wednesday 21 October 2015 15:03:57 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I am having trouble viewing webpages and text written in regional > languages. Possibly, I need the right fonts but have no idea how to get the > thing implemented. > > Details: > Browser : Chromium, Iceweasel, and Google Chrome Stable > Languages tried : Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, etc. as well > as other foreign languages > Issue : text gets displayed but with many circles inserted in between. > > Need a fix!
As you say, get the fonts. Pointer: lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep gujarati i A ttf-gujarati-fonts - transitional dummy package lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep hindi lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf | grep tamil i A ttf-tamil-fonts - Transitional dummy package lisi@Tux-II:~$ I haven't explored why no hindi in that ttf list. urdu isn't there either. Lisi