
The following input method (IM) engines are available for Japanese:Īnthy can convert Hiragana to Kanji.
You should have ja_JP.UTF-8 enabled in /etc/locale.gen.
ttf-vlgothic AUR - Japanese Gothic fonts. It includes all of Japanese Hiragana/Katakana, Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, IPA Extensions and most of Japanese Kanji, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese with 7 weights (proportional) or 5 weights (monospace). ttf-mplus AUR - Modern Gothic style Japanese outline fonts. ttf-monapo AUR - Japanese fonts to show 2channel Shift JIS art properly. ttf-koruri AUR - Japanese TrueType font obtained by mixing ttf-mplus AUR and Open Sans. This is outdated and not maintained any more, but may be defined as a fallback font on several environments. ttf-sazanami - Japanese free TrueType font. ttf-hanazono - A free Japanese kanji font, style Mincho (serif). otf-ipafont - Formal style Japanese Gothic (sans-serif) and Mincho (serif) fonts set one of the highest quality open source font. adobe-source-han-serif-jp-fonts - Japanese OpenType/CFF fonts, style Mincho (serif). adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts - Japanese OpenType/CFF fonts, style Gothic (sans-serif). Recommended Japanese fonts are as follows: To use any Japanese input method, you need to have Japanese fonts installed.
See also Font configuration for configuration or more detail.