Problem  

Affects the ru_RU.KOI8-R locale. 

In the Solaris 8 operating environment, x86 architecture edition, you might experience rasterization problems regarding the following Russian glyphs: 

• 00F1

• 00FF

• 00DC

This problem affects both the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and the GNOME Desktop. 

Solution  

You need to select specific fonts for use within the GNOME Desktop. Perform the following steps:

• Open a terminal and run the following command:

  gnome-font-properties

• Click on the Desktop font button in the Font Preferences dialog.

• In the Pick a Font dialog, specify a font from the following list:

  • application: medium, medium italic, bold, bold italic

  • arial: italic, bold, bold-italic

  • courier: italic, bold italic

  • fixed: medium

  • interface system: medium

  • monospace: normal

  • sans: italic, bold italic

  • times: italic, bold italic

This problem will be fixed in a future release.