# CJK character display support

**URL:** https://community.bildhuus.com/t/cjk-character-display-support/726
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Tags:** resolved
**Created:** [30 January 2026 04:45 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/cjk-character-display-support/726 "2026-01-30T04:45:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![buttie](https://community.bildhuus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@buttie](https://community.bildhuus.com/u/buttie)
#### Post date: [30 January 2026 04:45 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/cjk-character-display-support/726/1 "2026-01-30T04:45:08Z")

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Hello,

Aspect cannot display CJK characters (eg. Japanese) in image file names, or descriptions. And, current Aspect doesn’t have font settings.

However, I found a simple workaround.: Replace the display font in the AppImage (ie. /usr/share/aspect/resource/fonts/NotoSansDisplay-Regular.ttf) with a CJK supporting one (eg. NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc).

Then, Japanese characters can be displayed.

So, would you consider adding font settings or including a CJK supporting font?

Regards.

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### Author: ![Soenke](https://community.bildhuus.com/user_avatar/community.bildhuus.com/soenke/32/59_2.png) [@Soenke](https://community.bildhuus.com/u/Soenke)
#### Post date: [30 January 2026 08:15 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/cjk-character-display-support/726/2 "2026-01-30T08:15:45Z")

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I’ve included the NotoSans CJK font as an additional fallback font for the upcoming release. It does increase the download size by ~15 MB, but for now provides a robust and easy fix. Ultimately we’d want to use the fonts installed in the system, but doing that robustly can be a bit involved.

The other open issues – most importantly [IME support](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_method) and also translations – are expected to land some time within the next year.

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### Author: ![buttie](https://community.bildhuus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@buttie](https://community.bildhuus.com/u/buttie)
#### Post date: [30 January 2026 09:47 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/cjk-character-display-support/726/3 "2026-01-30T09:47:43Z")

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Thank you very much!

Regarding IME, if Aspect uses Qt, which I am not sure for now, then including the Fcitx plugins might solve the problem. I managed to do so with digiKam. I will post an update if I succeed with Aspect.

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### Author: ![buttie](https://community.bildhuus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@buttie](https://community.bildhuus.com/u/buttie)
#### Post date: [30 January 2026 10:01 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/cjk-character-display-support/726/4 "2026-01-30T10:01:13Z")

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Sorry, I found Aspect doesn’t use Qt, so IME support might not be so easy…