[WikiEN-l] Re: Viewing non-Roman characters

[Richard Grevers]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 20:40:48 -0800 (PST), Zoe 
<zoecomnena at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I can't see any of the characters in Japanese and Chinese articles.  Is 
> there a site I can go to download the fonts so that I can see the 
> characters?
>
What browser do you use, Zoe? If it's Mozilla(etc) or Opera, you need only 
install the appropriate unicode fonts.
(the best resource is http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/unicode/fonts.html ). 
Microsoft have withdrawn their download page for Arial Unicode MS (which 
was "free" providing you owned an Office or Publisher license), but I 
believe that sourceforge now has equivalents.
If, however, you use IE, you will need to install "language support packs" 
(which are really bloody great patches to your operating system.) I hope 
you have broadband if you want CJK!
-- 
Richard Grevers