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So, I'm on fossapup64 and I'm trying to find a way to install Japanese font (ideally typeset too but I'm mostly interested in just viewing the font). When I stumbled upon an old thread answering the question, the contained link was dead.
Is there no way to install via terminal? If not, what would be the manual solution?
@Treya Perhaps @MochiMoppel can help you! I think he's familiar with installing Japanese fonts into Puppy Linux
Which thread and which link?
The newest thread from 1 month ago, answering your question:
display utf-8 in browser: Japanese characters?
@rockedge
The forum search didn't find above thread. Also not this recent thread when searching with keyword "characters".
@MochiMoppel I don't totally understand yet why the built in search is so problematic. Especially on the old forum, it has crashed the system with database tables overflowing the max limits. I am continually adjusting the search features to find the right balance.
BUT what does work well and finds topics and posts throughout both forums is the customized search engines:
https://psearch.puppylinux.com or https://rockedge.org/psearch
Yeah, it seems the search function isn't working very well.
I downloaded the font I want and know the directory, but I'm not sure how to transfer the file to the corresponding folder. The normal right click, cut + paste I do doesn't work.
Maybe puppy really dislikes when I download from chrome, it always is very finicky when I try to install from there. I think it's because it puts it in the restrictive folder. Any way to prevent that, asides from using the pre-installed browser?
EDIT: I did the alternate browser method, but it'd be nice to know how to bypass restrictions. (I'm sorry, pale moon is too dated)
rockedge wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:49 pmBUT what does work well and finds topics and posts throughout both forums is the customized search engines:
https://psearch.puppylinux.com or https://rockedge.org/psearch
Unfortunately does not work with my default browser (Opera12). No input box.
Of course works with Pale Moon, but there I can't use my Opera bookmarks.
A link to your search page in the "Links" dropdown box would help.
@rockedge Puppy Search works again. Thank you! 
Results are so much better than Psearch. Keyword "Japanese" in Psearch: 182 hits (Unrelated Google ads probably included in this figure). Hits with Puppy search:1695.
Psearch seems to ignore older posts.