Which font to use for non english characters

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Which font to use for non english characters

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I want to annotate some text on an image with non english characters. I tried many fonts but couldn't find one which will support all characters. "DejaVu-Sans" seems to be working for arabic characters but not for chinese or thai. Please suggest what font should I use to support all non english characters
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Re: Which font to use for non english characters

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I do not think there is one universal language font. But I will defer to others who know otherwise.
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Re: Which font to use for non english characters

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Someone please guide here
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Re: Which font to use for non english characters

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You need to choose a font for the given language. You should search Google for fonts for the language in question. Not all fonts have proper UTF-8 characters for foreign languages and accent marks.
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