How to enable Japanese JIS2004 font on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • JIS2004 IPA fonts aren't used on RHEL6 by default. Some characters added/updated in JIS2004 may not be displayed as expected.
  • No desktop preference configuration tools are available. It's not documented about how to change system/personal default fonts to JIS2004.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • ipa-mincho-fonts-003.02-3.1.el6

  • ipa-pgothic-fonts-003.02-4.1.el6
  • ipa-pmincho-fonts-003.02-3.1.el6
  • ipa-gothic-fonts-003.02-4.2.el6

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