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BigBaka
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May 10, 2010
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Asian Fonts Pack for Ubuntu 10.04

  • May 10, 2010
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Does anyone know if / where is the Asian Fonts Pack for Reader 9.3.2. I'm using Reader on Ubuntu 10.04 but it cannot read Japanese fonts. Any japanese document I open comes up blank.

Cheers

BB

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Anonymous
November 9, 2011

Specifically for: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Check in Synaptic that the 'partner' software repository is enabled.

At terminal type:

(if required) update your system

~:   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade  <Enter>

install latest Acrobat Reader (for Ubuntu Linux), AND font packs

~:   sudo apt-get install acroread acroread-fonts  <Enter>

Then look for Adobe Reader in the applications menu (top left of screen).

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MayaGupt
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May 10, 2010

hi,

Try installing it from here(japanese fontpack)

http://activecontent.org/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4424

Thanks

Mayank

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BigBakaAuthor
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May 11, 2010

Hi Mayank,  Thanks for the tip. Alas, I downloaded the font back but it was for Adobe Reader 9.1 and although it seemed to install, (by running the install file through terminal), it said that it was designed for Reader 9.1, and actually I still cannot read japanese fonts in reader. Is there a font pack for Reader 9.3.2? Why is it so difficult to find anything in the Adobe website. It seems there are no links to anything to allow browsing.  Regards, BB

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MayaGupt
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May 11, 2010

Hi,

The supported font pack is for minimum version 9.1 and onwards and it should technically work for 9.3.2 as well.


Please follow the following steps :

1) Download the tar file.

2) extract the contents of the file using tar -xvf FontPack910_jpn_i486-linux.tar.bz2

3) A folder named JPKNIT will be created.Now do JPKNIT/INSTALL from command line

4) press "y" to continue installation.

5) Type "accept"

6) Enter the directory where you installed Adobe reader 9.3.2. For eg . if you installed in /home/$user/9.3.2/Adobe/Reader9/../..

    then enter /home/$user/9.3.2

7) After it installs successfully, try opening your pdf.

I hope this works.You can also use ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.1/misc/  to download other asian font packs

-mayank

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