Font Package Requirements for Solaris Operating Systems

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Different locales may require different character encodings. You should check the table below to see what Solaris Font Packages you may need on your system. The pkginfo utility can be used to list the packages installed on your system.

        Required Solaris Font Packages For Java SE on Solaris

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 Java       Encoding          Font            Locales supported by encoding
Locale                       Packages
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***ALL***   iso-8859-1       SUNWi1of(1)       ***Required for all locales***
                             SUNWxwfnt(2)        (and sufficient for most Western
                                                 European locales.)

*_EURO      iso-8859-15      SUNWi15rf(3)        Euro currency locale variants

cs,hu,pl    iso-8859-2       SUNWi2of(1)(3)      Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, 
                             SUNWi2rf(2)(3)      Slovakia, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, 
                                                 Romania, Slovenia

lt,lv       iso-8859-13      SUNWi13rf(3)        Latvia, Lithuania 

ru          iso-8859-5       SUNWi5of(1)(3)      Russia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia
                             SUNWi5rf(2)(3)

el          iso-8859-7       SUNWi7of(1)(3)       Greece
                             SUNWi7rf(2)(3)

tr          iso-8859-9       SUNWi9of(1)(3)       Turkey
                             SUNWi9rf(2)(3)

ja        jisx0201,jisx0208, SUNWjxcft,           Japan
             jisx0212        SUNWjxmft(1)
                             SUNWjxoft(2)

ko           ksc5601         SUNWkttf             Korea

zh_CN        gb2312          SUNWcttf             China (PRC)
             gb18030         SUNWgttf(2)          China (RPC)

zh_TW        cns11643        SUNWhttf             China (Taiwan)

zh_TW_Big5     big5          SUNW5ttf             China (Taiwan) BIG5

zh_HK        hkscs           SUNWhkttf(2)         China (Hong Kong)

zh_GBK         gbk           SUNWgttf             China (PRC) GBK

*_UTF-8       utf-8          SUNWi15rf,            All UTF-8 locales
                             SUNWi2of(1), SUNWi2rf(2),
                             SUNWi13rf,
                             SUNWi5of(1), SUNWi5rf(2),
                             SUNWi7of(1), SUNWi7rf(2),
                             SUNWi9of(1), SUNWi9rf(2),
                             SUNW1251f(1),SUNWeurf(2),
                             SUNWjxcft,
                             SUNWjxmft(1),SUNWjxoft(2),
                             SUNWkttf,
                             SUNWcttf,
                             SUNWgttf,
                             SUNW5ttf,
                             SUNWhkttf(2)

Notes:
  (1)  applicable only for Solaris 8
  (2)  applicable for Solaris 9 and 10 only
  (3)  SUNW1251f is also required for Solaris 8, and SUNWeurf is also required for Solaris 9 and 10