Displaying an Application with Japanese Characters Correctly

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If you are using an occidental version of OS/2 you will notice that Japanese characters look broken if you run a Japanese application.


To be able to view the applications correctly with Japanese font you need to:

Install the Japanese codepage on the config.sys'

On the config.sys you can set up two codepages like:

CODEPAGE=850,932 
Use CpPal application to define the code page to an specific application.'

  • Open the Japanese application
  • On CpPal you need to set on the list to "932 d Japan"
  • On CpPal drag the "set" icon and drop it into the Japanese application.

You will not notice any change yet.

Use a font that contains all Japanese characters.'

On this case I'm using "Times New Roman WT J".

  • Open the "Font Palette"
  • Search for "Times New Roman WT J", select a size and put it on the list.
  • Drag the font into the Japanese application. You may need to drag it to several parts, like window tittle, content and buttons.


And now the application should look with a correct set of Japanese fonts.

Altenartive Run

If you already has the 932 on your config.sys CODEPAGE, you can open a command line and open:

chcp 932

You will notice the change on the command prompt and you can run the Japanese software from there to avoid using CpPal.