02/02: doc: Mention fonts for Asian languages.

[Ludovic Courtès]

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commit 5c36edc818e434c4cf75f69a476a74d932ca1e6d
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Nov 19 17:22:42 2015 +0100

    doc: Mention fonts for Asian languages.
    
    Suggested by Alex Vong <address@hidden>.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Application Setup): Explain how to install X11 fonts
      for Asian languages.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -1000,6 +1000,17 @@ to display fonts, you will have to install fonts with 
Guix as well.
 Essential font packages include @code{gs-fonts}, @code{font-dejavu}, and
 @code{font-gnu-freefont-ttf}.
 
+To display text written in Chinese languages, Japanese, or Korean in
+graphical applications, consider installing
address@hidden or @code{font-wqy-zenhei}.  The former
+has multiple outputs, one per language family (@pxref{Packages with
+Multiple Outputs}).  For instance, the following command installs fonts
+for Chinese languages:
+
address@hidden
+guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn
address@hidden example
+
 @c TODO What else?
 
 @c *********************************************************************