2012-02-02, 07:59
ChairMao Wrote:DaHao
Hey all, simple question which is becomign very infuriating hence despiting reading the entire trhead i cannot find out how to solve it.
New to XBMC
I have installed the Chinese Addons youku etc
I can watch my Chinese TV shows with subtitles and all is great.
BUT
I cannot see any of the titles in Chinese. Just boxes
So when i go to the Addons and see a nice long list of CNTV TuDou YouKu etc all i get is boxes, which makes it impossible to navigate.
I read some people say use the Arial font (I am with Chinese GBK Character Set) or even with a Chinese friendly simhei font the characters still wont display where required.
Aeon Nox Skin = (Box) instead of Character
Back Row Skin = .. instead of Character
Hope this is clear and i would appreciate any help
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You need a TrueType Font that supports Chinese unicode. Under Windows 7, navigate to Windows|Fonts, pick a unicode ttf font that can display chinese characters. e.g.KaiTiRegular, copy the font file.
Then go to xbmc installed directory and navigate to (under Windows 7):
C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\media\Fonts
paste your copy font file into this directory. Rename the current arial.ttf to something else e.g. arial_eng.ttf. Then rename the newly copied file to arial.ttf.
Launch xbmc and navigate to
System | Appearance | Skin
change the Fonts selection to 'Arial based'. You should then able to see the chinese font display properly.