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Originally Posted by Claude_C
They could be of use if they could use the advanced settings, but they are not. So that’s why I don’t understand why they are in the list.
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Because, like I said, you can't read Japanese or Chinese without them....that's why they are in the list. Not every feature is for every person. I personally appreciate not having to add a font to read a book in Japanese, or look up a word in Japanese or, heck, change to UI to Japanese if I feel like it. And I'm not even Japanese. I can't read Chinese, but I get why it is in my font list and don't begrudge people who can read Chinese its presence there. Sorry, I just don't get your statement above. It's on the list, so people can read in those languages. They are officially supported languages and they *require* a speciality font. All the other fonts? Cannot be used for those languages. Since the majority of people using them are using them to read those languages, optimizing them for English and other latin based languages is not a priority. In general, those fonts use the latin based letters within the font to write English or other foreign languages in the middle of Japanese or Chinese text. ie: one word like a brand name, etc.
It comes down to one thing. In order to officially support a language, they have to include a font that will display that language! It really is that simple! Fonts that are CAPABLE of displaying Japanese or Chinese are purpose-built, because both are languages with incredibly complex writing systems. Not 26-40 letters and that's it.