Hi.  This is still an issue in KDE 3.5.10.  I keep my Kubuntu up to date via
the updater tool.

Can anyone else replicate this issue on their Ubuntu or KDE install?

Thanks,
Kevin

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Dan Trevino <dantrev...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
> for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> missing japanese kanji in font 'Monospace'
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285334
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>
> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
>
> This bug is related to #149348.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/149348
>
> I already reported to KDE/KWrite, but was told to report here instead.
> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172638
>
> Here is my issue:
>
> Description:
> Opened: 2008-10-12 10:09   Last Changed: 2008-10-13 21:08:56
> Version: 4.5.9 (using 3.5.9, Kubuntu (hardy) 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu7.1)
> Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu
> OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-19-generic
>
> Hi, When I use the font 'Monospace', the kanji (絵) is missing. It draws as
> a square with black border and transparent fill -- a generic missing
> character image.
>
> See the Wiktionary page here: http://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B5%B5
>
> I noticed I can see it inside my Firefox browser, but the app title (drawn
> by KDE libs) draws the kanji as a square when you open the Wiki page above.
>
> Try to copy and paste the kanji into KWrite to replicate.
>
> I cannot find another fixed width font that has this kanji. I only know
> courier, and it doesn't work there either.
>
> This bug report may appear misdirected, but I don't know how to file a bug
> for a font missing a character. Apologies in advance!
>
> Otherwise, KWrite and KDE is dandy. Thanks for your hard work. I appreciate
> it!
>
> Kind regards,
> Kevin Connor Arpe
>
> Comment #1 Matthew Woehlke 2008-10-13 21:08:56
> As you note, this is most likely not a kwrite bug, nor even a KDE bug, and
> further may be no bug at all. I suggest taking this to your distribution's
> support forums; most likely, you are simply missing a font that provides
> kanji, or possibly fontconfig is misconfigured. Your distro will be better
> able to guide you to ascertaining if there is truly a bug. Worth mentioning
> is that I am able to see/use 絵 (and indeed, many other kanji) in kwrite
> without trouble.
>

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