Problem  

For example: bug ID 4785550, affects Japanese locales. 

Japanese characters do not display in the gedit application, when you select Courier as the default font.

Solution  

Perform the following steps:  

• Open the gedit application.

• Choose Edit -> Preferences.

• Select Font & Colors in the Categories panel.

• Select the option Use default theme font.

This solution does not fix the problem that IBC/NEC extended character and special characters are not displayed in the Solaris 8 operating environment.