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Gareth_Williams
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January 18, 2026
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Chinese Fonts Written in Only Chinese?

  • January 18, 2026
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Now all the Chinese font’s names are written in Chinese! How stupid is that! How are you supposed to find a font that you have used in another application? In my case “Songti SC” In the words of the great Victor Meldrew “I don’t believe it!”

This will make a complete mess of many of my projects. Is there a way of reversing this ridiculous nonsense so you can read them in English? and why on earth have they done it?

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

@Gareth_Williams Yes, there is an option in Preferences > Type > Show Font Names in English.

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 18, 2026
Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 18, 2026

@Gareth_Williams Yes, there is an option in Preferences > Type > Show Font Names in English.

Gareth_Williams
Inspiring
January 18, 2026

Thanks Ton, I should have checked that!

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 18, 2026

Good to hear that helped (but I think it should be the default on English or non CJK systems).