international fonts

[Guest]

I use a japanese computer(Windows XP Japanase) but with Office, photoshop
English installed on it. I have plently of English fonts but only a few
Japanese fonts. I own Office and Photoshop Japanese version. Would
installing it also add to my Japanese font selection. Which one? And is
there anyway of just adding the fonts?

 

[CS]

I use a japanese computer(Windows XP Japanase) but with Office, photoshop
English installed on it. I have plently of English fonts but only a few
Japanese fonts. I own Office and Photoshop Japanese version. Would
installing it also add to my Japanese font selection. Which one? And is
there anyway of just adding the fonts?

If you install the Japanese versions of Office and Photoshop, they
will overwrite the English versions. Yes, you will have additional
Japanese fonts, but at the expense of your English ones. I don't
believe you can just install fonts without running the installation
program. It's going to write to the registry in any event and that's
where you will have difficulty.

What I suggest you do, is to install an English version of XP in a
dual boot configuration along with the Japanese version. That will
allow you to select at boot time which language version of the OS to
boot into. Then you can keep your English and Japanese copies of
Office and Photoshop separate.

 

[xfile]

Hi,

Assuming reading English and Japanese is not a problem for you, you'd better
to install the Japanese version of Office and Photoshop because all
"localized" features are included in each localized version (fonts also)
plus handling English language (which is a default feature). This also gives
you the best integration with your Japanese OS as well.

In general, English will not be a problem for localized applications but not
vice versa.


In addition, if you wish to install localized fonts, you could try to use
Control Panel/Fonts and import additional fonts to your Windows. Again, if
you already use a localized version OS, the chances of importing additional
local fonts would work better as if you are using English version and
importing other language fonts.

One final note, my understanding is only few fonts come with Asian versions
of Windows and Office (including Japanese) as opposed to much more fonts in
English version. Alternatively, you could try to purchase 3-party local
font packages to install, if you really want many font options.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the advice.

Hi,

Assuming reading English and Japanese is not a problem for you, you'd better
to install the Japanese version of Office and Photoshop because all
"localized" features are included in each localized version (fonts also)
plus handling English language (which is a default feature). This also gives
you the best integration with your Japanese OS as well.

In general, English will not be a problem for localized applications but not
vice versa.


In addition, if you wish to install localized fonts, you could try to use
Control Panel/Fonts and import additional fonts to your Windows. Again, if
you already use a localized version OS, the chances of importing additional
local fonts would work better as if you are using English version and
importing other language fonts.

One final note, my understanding is only few fonts come with Asian versions
of Windows and Office (including Japanese) as opposed to much more fonts in
English version. Alternatively, you could try to purchase 3-party local
font packages to install, if you really want many font options.