Japanese characters show up as empty boxes

[Comexs]

Code

Artix:[comexs]:~$ sudo fc-cache -f -v
Font directories:
	/root/.local/share/fonts
	/usr/local/share/fonts
	/usr/share/fonts
	/root/.fonts
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF
	/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro
	/usr/share/fonts/cantarell
	/usr/share/fonts/droid
	/usr/share/fonts/encodings
	/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts
	/usr/share/fonts/liberation
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2
	/usr/share/fonts/misc
	/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Asana-Math
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Pagella
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Termes
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Latin-Modern
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Neo-Euler
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/STIX-Web
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/TeX
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Asana-Math/woff
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Pagella/woff
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Termes/woff
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Latin-Modern/woff
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Neo-Euler/woff
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/STIX-Web/woff
	/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/TeX/woff
/root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 9 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: caching, new cache contents: 102 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro: caching, new cache contents: 30 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/droid: caching, new cache contents: 27 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 7 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Asana-Math: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Asana-Math/woff: caching, new cache contents: 23 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Pagella: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Pagella/woff: caching, new cache contents: 23 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Termes: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Termes/woff: caching, new cache contents: 23 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Latin-Modern: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Latin-Modern/woff: caching, new cache contents: 24 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Neo-Euler: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Neo-Euler/woff: caching, new cache contents: 17 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/STIX-Web: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/STIX-Web/woff: caching, new cache contents: 55 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/TeX: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/TeX/woff: caching, new cache contents: 22 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/misc: caching, new cache contents: 36 fonts, 0 dirs
/root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/droid: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/encodings: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/liberation: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/misc: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Asana-Math: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Pagella: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Termes: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Latin-Modern: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Neo-Euler: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/STIX-Web: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/TeX: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Asana-Math/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Pagella/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Gyre-Termes/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Latin-Modern/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/Neo-Euler/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/STIX-Web/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/mathjax2/HTML-CSS/TeX/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.cache/fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
/root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded

This is what I got from it. It still didn't work for me sadly.

[Comexs]

okay I got it to work now but at the same time it isn't working. I had to use this guide https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=30205.0 to install musicbee on my pc since if I installed it by clicking the exe file the thing would crash or something I don't remember. but now trying to get my font problem to work I uninstalled it and reinstalled it the same method as before with the guide still had the same problem so I tried click the exe install and doing it the normal way and my font problem wasn't an issue on the new musicbee (the musicbee in the .wine folder) and I also was editing my locale.gen file by add ja_JP.UTF-8 to it.

[anonimous320346]

I have found a solution for Linux users.



1. Install takao font in your Wine prefix, through Winetricks > Select your-musicbee-prefix. Or use this command:

Code

WINEPREFIX=path/to/your/MusicBee/prefix winecfg takao

2. Set any Takao font in Musicbee. I tested them, and all of them are functional. Some look bad, some are great. I prefer the look TakaoPGothic.

[KiritoKiri]

You can use Meiryo font instead and see if it looks better than Takao, it's available through winetricks(I think also included in the CJK font group package in winetricks). I have been using Meiryo for a long time so I stick to it. There are some other fonts too that you can try.