It of course works better from traditional to simplified than in the opposite direction due to the larger number of possibilities. Other Chinese features in OpenOffice & LibreOffice:Ĭhinese translation (Tools > Language > Chinese translation) converts between simplified and traditional characters and vice-versa. If you need more fonts, see my survey of free and commercial third-party Chinese fonts on this site. But if you switch to Engilsh or another language using Latin characters I recommend you use a Latin font anyway. The other version of the same font offers proportional spacing between the letters. English, etc.) have the same spacing between each letter, as you might see produced by an old typewriter. Some non-Chinese character sets in this font like Latin (i.e. This has nothing to do with the Chinese characters in the font. The font name ending with 'Mono' is a 'monospaced' font.

You can download and install Cantonese via Synaptic (search for ibus-table-cantonese, ibus-table-jyutping, or scim-tables-zh) or you can use CantoInput which is a free Java app I have reviewed in my survey of third-party apps.

For that font most will still need a Cantonese input method, which does not come in the standard Ubuntu download. I assume the HK font includes the Hong Kong Character Set (HKCS). You'll also find WenQuanYi hei fonts hiding at the bottom here:įont names ending in 'GB' and 'CN' are simplified Chinese, while font names ending in 'Big 5', 'TW' and 'HK' are traditional.

(The top two here were in Ubuntu 9.04 but not in 9.10 last time I checked.) Preferences » Ubuntu 9.xx Chinese Fonts and Language FeaturesĪfter you have done the Ubutnu Chinese features installation, on the OpenOffice font menus you'll find Chinese song, kai and ming Arphic public license fonts. « Installing Chinese « 9.04 Input Methods « 9.10 Input Methods Ubuntu Linux Chinese Fonts and Text Features in :: Pinyin Joe

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