I had the same problem, and doing the following fixed it for me: $ cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/ $ sudo ln -s ../conf.avail/29-language-selector-ja-jp.conf
After this you have to restart X for the new settings to take effect. -- Japanese font switching issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219931 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs