Solaris 8 locale=chinese.

Machine information is attached in the file algol.dat.
The test was run using Merlin build 20.

Install the Solaris 8 patches 108652-08 and 108940-03.
FontTest.tar is an attachment. Retrieve the source code
and the script FontTest.ksh. Login to the test locale,
export JAVA_HOME into your environment, and run
FontTest.ksh.

The program will bring up five panes entitled
(1) AWT Labels, (2) AWT TextFields, (3) Swing Components,
(4) Java2D Stroke, and (5) Java2D Fill.

In each pane there is a grid of Strings. There are 5 rows
and 4 columns. The rows are labelled (1) Serif,
(2) SansSerif, (3) Monospaced, (4) Dialog, and
(5) DialogInput. The columns are labelled (1) Plain,
(2) Italic, (3) Bold, and (4) BoldItalic.

Also on each pane, in the upper right corner, are displayed
the locale and language, where the language is displayed
in the locale's language and is liable to contain non-English
characters.

No Chinese appears on the Swing Components, Java2D Stroke,
and Java2D Fill panes.

allan.jacobs@Eng 2000-06-19

Much worse now.

algol% /usr/local/java/jdk1.4/solsparc/bin/java -version
java version "1.4.0beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0beta-b36)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4beta-B36, mixed mode)

Clean in Firefly.

allan.jacobs@Eng 2000-10-16