How to install Japanese font for cmatrix

Question

I want to use Japanese font in cmatrix, using the command

cmatrix -c

but the only thing I can see is a blank screen, so the characters aren't displayed correctly. How to install Japanese font?

Check [issue 57](https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/issues/57) on cmatrix project — Pablo Bianchi, Jul 24 '23 at 19:08
@PabloBianchi the issue looks like enormous devotion of time and effort to make it work, through trial and error and I'm not sure if I would manage at all — banan314, Jul 25 '23 at 15:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '23 at 19:09

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I suggest you try out unimatrix instead of cmatrix.

Install with:

sudo curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/will8211/unimatrix/master/unimatrix.py -o /usr/local/bin/unimatrix
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/unimatrix

The default setting uses half-width katakana, and looks much like the original Matrix display.

unimatrix

edited Jul 24 '23 at 19:09

Pablo Bianchi

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answered Jul 24 '23 at 18:24

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Thanks, it works indeed, but it doesn't answer the question. – banan314 Jul 25 '23 at 15:26
True - it's the next best solution that should probably achieve what you're after, but in a much easier way. – Artur Meinild Jul 25 '23 at 16:08

How to install Japanese font for cmatrix

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