https://www.mawenqian.com/en/tags/fonts/ Recent content in Fonts on Geek Vinkey https://www.mawenqian.com/images/papermod-cover.png https://www.mawenqian.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo en MA Wenqian · mawenqian.com Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:18:43 +0800 https://www.mawenqian.com/en/wsl-chinese-font/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:10:00 +0800 https://www.mawenqian.com/en/wsl-chinese-font/ <p>A fresh WSL install shows every Chinese character as an empty box. My host system is English Windows, which is probably why: WSL has neither a Chinese locale nor a font capable of rendering the characters. Adding both fixes it.</p> <!-- more --> <h2 id="1-install-the-chinese-language-pack">1. Install the Chinese language pack</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt install language-pack-zh-hans </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="2-reconfigure-locales">2. Reconfigure locales</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales </span></span></code></pre></div><p>In the list that appears, select both <code>en_US.UTF-8</code> and <code>zh_CN.UTF-8</code>, then pick <code>zh_CN.UTF-8</code> as the default on the next screen.</p>