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This page explains how to install a Japanese Input Engine and Japanese fonts in order to write and read in Japanese with a Fedora occidental system.
This page explains how to install a Japanese Input Engine and Japanese fonts in order to write and read in Japanese with a Fedora occidental system.


==Installing Japanes Fonts ==
==Installing Japanese Fonts ==


Before all, to read and write in Japanese, you have to install Japaneses fonts.To know what Japanese fonts are available on the system, use:
Before all, to read and write in Japanese, you have to install Japaneses fonts.To know what Japanese fonts are available on the system, use:

Revision as of 14:50, 6 April 2016

This page explains how to install a Japanese Input Engine and Japanese fonts in order to write and read in Japanese with a Fedora occidental system.

Installing Japanese Fonts

Before all, to read and write in Japanese, you have to install Japaneses fonts.To know what Japanese fonts are available on the system, use:

dnf search font|grep Japanese

This command above returns a list of Japanese available fonts.

japanese-bitmap-fonts.noarch : Free Japanese Bitmap fonts
google-noto-sans-japanese-fonts.noarch : Sans Japanese font
mona-bitmap-fonts.noarch : Bitmap Japanese font for text arts
vlgothic-p-fonts.noarch : Proportional Japanese TrueType font
hanazono-fonts.noarch : Japanese Mincho-typeface TrueType font
texlive-zxjafont.noarch : Set up Japanese font families for XeLaTeX
sazanami-gothic-fonts.noarch : Sazanami Gothic Japanese TrueType font
sazanami-mincho-fonts.noarch : Sazanami Mincho Japanese TrueType font
ipa-mincho-fonts.noarch : Japanese Mincho-typeface OpenType font by IPA
ipa-gothic-fonts.noarch : Japanese Gothic-typeface OpenType font by IPA
ipa-ex-gothic-fonts.noarch : Japanese Gothic-typeface OpenType font by IPA
ipa-ex-mincho-fonts.noarch : Japanese Mincho-typeface OpenType font by IPA
texlive-jfontmaps.noarch : Font maps and configuration tools for Japanese fonts
sazanami-fonts-common.noarch : Common files for Sazanami Japanese TrueType fonts
mona-sazanami-fonts.noarch : True Type Japanese font for text arts based on
mona-vlgothic-fonts.noarch : True Type Japanese font for text arts based on
ipa-pmincho-fonts.noarch : Japanese Proportional Mincho-typeface OpenType font
ipa-pgothic-fonts.noarch : Japanese Proportional Gothic-typeface OpenType font
motoya-lcedar-fonts.noarch : Japanese Gothic-typeface TrueType fonts by MOTOYA
motoya-lmaru-fonts.noarch : Japanese Round Gothic-typeface TrueType fonts by
texlive-wadalab.noarch : Wadalab (Japanese) font packages
texlive-pxchfon.noarch : Japanese font setup for pLaTeX and upLaTeX


Choose the ones you want to use.

For example, to install the sazanami fonts, use:

su -c 'dnf install sazanami*'

Install an Input Method Engine