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ttf-arphic-uming
,ttf-wqy-microhei
,ttf-wqy-zenhei
,xfonts-wqy
andttf-opensymbol
are some packages related to Chinese fonts. -
If you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you can use Adobe Chinese fonts for free.
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To check Chinese fonts installed on your computer, you can use the command
fc-list :lang=zh-cn | sort
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To install extra fonts in linux, you can just copy the font files to the directory '$HOME/.fonts'. To make them in effect, you have to run
fc-cache
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If you ever have any fonts problem with Tex Live in Linux, install the package
texlive-fonts-extra
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nerd-fonts patches developer targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs (icons). Specifically to add a high number of extra glyphs from popular 'iconic fonts' such as Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and others.