From 5c36edc818e434c4cf75f69a476a74d932ca1e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:22:42 +0100
Subject: doc: Mention fonts for Asian languages.
Suggested by Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Explain how to install X11 fonts
for Asian languages.
---
doc/guix.texi | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
(limited to 'doc')
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index f978f3de01..233c371fdb 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1000,6 +1000,17 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts with Guix as well.
Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and
@code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}.
+To display text written in Chinese languages, Japanese, or Korean in
+graphical applications, consider installing
+@code{font-adobe-source-han-sans} or @code{font-wqy-zenhei}. The former
+has multiple outputs, one per language family (@pxref{Packages with
+Multiple Outputs}). For instance, the following command installs fonts
+for Chinese languages:
+
+@example
+guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn
+@end example
+
@c TODO What else?
@c *********************************************************************
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