Solution to failure to display Chinese Characters in Ubuntu/Linux PDF files or square in Chinese

 

Ubuntu1004. Some PDF files cannot display Chinese characters. The solution is as follows:

 

1. First install the font

A.Sudo apt-Get install xpdf-Chinese-simplified;

B. sudo apt-Get install xpdf-Chinese-traditional.

 

 

2. Open the PDF file after installation. Chinese characters are not displayed. Continue to install the file:

C.Sudo apt-Get install poppler-Data

 

 

At this time, the PDF file can display Chinese characters, but the problem arises again. In some files, Chinese characters are square characters. What should I do?

 

The following is a solution provided by others. It has been tried and is feasible:

 

Some Chinese PDF files in xpdf are displayed in squares. After reading a lot of webpages, the font problem is found. You can try to change the following file.

Sudo gedit/etc/fonts/CONF. d/69-language-selector-zh-cn.conf

Some Chinese PDF files are displayed in squares, you can change the first item of the second large block in the above file to Chinese (<string> ar PL uming CN <string> if not, you can change it to <string> wenquanyi Zen Hei </string> ), you can solve the problem:

 

 

# The following is my 69-language-selector-zh-cn.conf file <br/> <fontconfig> <br/> <match target = "pattern"> <br/> <Test qual = "any" name =" family "> <br/> <string> serif </string> <br/> </test> <br/> <edit name =" family "mode =" prepend "binding = "strong"> <br/> <string> Microsoft yahei </string> <br/> <string> ar PL uming CN </string> <br/> <string> ar PL shanheisun uni </string> <br/> <string> wenquanyi bitmap song </string> <br/> <string> bitstream Vera serif </string> <br/> <string> dejavu serif </string> <br/> <string> ar PL Ukai CN </string> <br/> <string> ar PL zenkai uni </string> <br/> </Edit> <br/> </match> <br/> <match target = "pattern"> <br/> <Test qual = "any" name = "Family"> <br/> <string> sans-serif </string> <br/> </test> <br/> <edit name = "family" mode =" prepend "binding =" strong "> <br/> <string> ar PL uming CN <string> <br/> <string> Microsoft yahei </string> <br/> <string> bitstream Vera sans </string> <br/> <string> dejavu sans </string> <br/> <string> wenquanyi Zen Hei </string> <br/> <string> ar PL uming CN </string> <br/> <string> ar PL shanheisun uni </string> <br/> <string> wenquanyi bitmap song </string> <br/> <string> ar PL Ukai CN </string> <br/> <string> ar PL zenkai uni </string> <br/> </Edit> <br /> </match> <br/> <match target = "pattern"> <br/> <Test qual = "any" name = "family"> <br/> <string> monospace </string> <br/> </test> <br/> <edit name = "family" mode = "prepend" binding = "strong"> <br/> <string> Microsoft yahei </string> <br/> <string> bitstream Vera sans mono </string> <br/> <string> dejavu sans mono </string> <br/> <string> wenquanyi Zen Hei </string> <br/> <string> ar PL uming CN </string> <br/> <string> ar PL shanheisun uni </string> <br/> <string> wenquanyi bitmap song </string> <br/> <string> ar PL Ukai CN </string> <br/> <string> ar PL zenkai uni </string> <br/> </Edit> <br/> </match> <br/> </fontconfig>