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Control Center unable to display chinese characters

Question & Answer


Question

On DB2 v9.1, v9.5, Control Center on Windows cannot display chinese characters properly. The chinese characters are displayed as a 'box' like symbol.

Cause

Control Center by default uses the font Tahoma. This font does not support chinese characters.

Answer

To display chinese character, in Control Center, select Tools Settings -> Font tab.

Change the fonts to any of the below that supports chinese characters:


Dialog
SansSerif
Serif
Monospaced
DialogInput

Then restart Control Center.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21383487