Please Specify CJK Font-family

[Riajyuu]

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Basic Info

I'm using Windows in version: 10 pro lastest

I'm running Cryptomator in version: 1.4.0

Description

Currently CJK font family seems undefined and falls back to Sim Sun which looks really awful. Here I suggest Microsoft Yahei UI or Segoe UI instead.

Here is an attachment for screenshot.

[Riajyuu]

just a hint: this will impact everyone in Asia, not just Chinese, Japanese or Korean.

[overheadhunter]

Since I can't read any of the far-eastern languages, I can not evaluate whether these glyphs look good: Source Han Serif

But at least the license would allow us to embedd the font file.

[Riajyuu]

@overheadhunter

Testing SourceHanSerifSC-Regular.otf

Firefox:

NotePad++:

So it is totally different issue for cases where you have your own font engine or not, FOR WINDOWS, because other OSes don't really render font like that.

For Windows, I have confidence that Microsoft Yahei UI (best for Windows 10) or Segoe UI (considering Windows 7) are both good choice. On macOS, perhaps San Francisco. But macOS and Linux are not really much concern as this issue is specific for Windows using Sim Sun fallback

[overheadhunter]

Well for the version you reported, Cryptomator already used Segoe UI. If that doesn't work, it might be an upstream bug.

[Riajyuu]

As you can see this is 1.4.15 result. Nothing seems changed.

[overheadhunter]

Didn't say it would change with 1.4.15, did I? I just said we've already been using Segoe UI since 1.4.0 (which is the version you've reported this issue for), because you repeatedly suggested using Segoe UI would fix the issue. That's why I think it might be best to bundle a font file instead.

[Riajyuu]

sorry for misunderstanding then. If segoe UI is properly applied, it shouldn't have been like that. So it can be either Java upstream bug or CSS handling. I'm not Java guy so I can't answer that for you.

[infeo]

Adding a custom font (like Source Han Serif) is not an option. Just looking at the chinese fonts they have a size of several Mb, let alone for other languages of the CJK family. We have to use the system fonts.

We'll have another look if there is some problem in loading the suggested fonts (especially Segoe UI).

[Riajyuu]

Just another solution: If you can't find any proper font, simply allow users to choose one themselves.

[EbXpJ6bp]

I don't know when it was fixed for me as I haven't followed the changelog in detail, but it seems to have improved in my Windows 10 environment.

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