# Different kanji or different fonts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [September 16, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825 "2018-09-16T09:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torao92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/torao92/32/286016_2.png) [@Torao92](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Torao92)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/1 "2018-09-16T09:02:27Z")
I posted this question on hinative before but I thought I’ll ask here too. Don’t really know why my keyboard keeps typing 「直す」 。 I’m using SwiftKey for android right now. If anyone knows what the problem could be, please let me know. ![Screenshot_20180916-105835_HiNative](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/0/f05e8608df20d8b457e7d009faa789cd5351607e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon88459823](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon88459823](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon88459823)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/3 "2018-09-16T09:20:25Z")
i can only see what you mean in your screenshot. the text you wrote displays [直す / なおす]. when i use the drawing tool to input that strange character into google translate i can see it but when i copy it, it turns into 直 (nani?). wrong japanese font installed on your phone? maybe a chinese one? (the way google translate renders this kanji / hanzi, it looks chinese) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/7/6/76aaa0840a980388d1628ffe827f9951909b37e6.png) ---
**Author:** ![somatophobia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/somatophobia/32/202226_2.png) [@somatophobia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/somatophobia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/4 "2018-09-16T09:22:09Z")
Oh, you’re right > **[直 - Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B4#Alternative_forms)** It’s the same character block being rendered with different language or font settings. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/5 "2018-09-16T09:23:26Z")
There are many topics on the whole Japanese forms vs Chinese forms thing. ---
**Author:** ![tododoki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tododoki/32/202635_2.png) [@tododoki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tododoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/6 "2018-09-16T09:28:43Z")
My browser behaves the same: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/1/a/1a0ff7e714c0ebbab7ecbe7eddf703ce80ea963b.png) I’m pretty sure it’s just a different font or something 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Torao92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/torao92/32/286016_2.png) [@Torao92](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Torao92)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/7 "2018-09-16T09:43:36Z")
Ok I see. That’s a little strange. Because before I had the regular reading of なおす。 SwiftKey only has one font option for it’s Japanese keyboard. I guess it’s fine then if anyone else sees the correct font 🤷🏾‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![somatophobia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/somatophobia/32/202226_2.png) [@somatophobia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/somatophobia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/8 "2018-09-16T09:49:49Z")
You might want to look into the text encoding / language detection feature in your browser (and check it’s working right, although it should be…). It may also be that you don’t have an actual Japanese font installed on your OS. If you’re using Windows, this is usually bundled under ‘East Asian Language support’ somewhere under Regional and Language Options in your Control Panel. @Torao92 It maybe depends on your OS version whether you can fix it and/or whether willing to jailbreak, but yes, we all see it correctly. If you google Japanese fonts on Android phones, you’ll see this is a pretty common issue, there might be a solution for your phone other than ‘set the whole phone to Japanese’ [https://community.wanikani.com/t/android-511-and-japanses-fonts/12133/3](https://community.wanikani.com/t/android-511-and-japanses-fonts/12133/3) ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/9 "2018-09-16T09:52:27Z")
When I have my phone’s language set to English, it does this. If I set it to Japanese, it displays the correct forms. ---
**Author:** ![tododoki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tododoki/32/202635_2.png) [@tododoki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tododoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/10 "2018-09-16T10:09:04Z")
> [@somatophobia](#): > > You might want to look into the text encoding / language detection feature in your browser (and check it’s working right, although it should be…). It may also be that you don’t have an actual Japanese font installed on your OS. If you’re using Windows, this is usually bundled under ‘East Asian Language support’ somewhere under Regional and Language Options in your Control Panel. I’m not sure what all of that means 😅 But I opened Firefox – and it magically displays the “correct” font so I guess it’s my Opera acting up… but I don’t use WK on firefox because I can’t use scripts here 🤦‍♂️ The font works fine in MS Word so it’s not Windows? I guess? I’m sorry I know nothing about this ---
**Author:** ![somatophobia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/somatophobia/32/202226_2.png) [@somatophobia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/somatophobia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/11 "2018-09-16T10:14:29Z")
If it’s just Opera, it might need the Japanese language files installed in it > **[Get to know Opera](https://help.opera.com/en/latest/)** > > Browse through the categorized sections on the left to learn more about Opera browsers. If you have a specific question, we recommend you search in the FAQ section. For the latest news and updates, check out Opera's Blog.  And yeah if it displays the correct font in other programs you do have a Japanese font installed, your browser just either isn’t supporting the language or understanding when pages are declaring themselves as having Japanese text. And the latter could be a consequence of the former. (I do use Tampermonkey on Firefox with no real problems for any WK scripts that I’ve seen so far though 👀) ---
**Author:** ![tododoki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tododoki/32/202635_2.png) [@tododoki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tododoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/12 "2018-09-16T10:23:21Z")
> [@somatophobia](#): > > (I do use Tampermonkey on Firefox with no real problems for any WK scripts that I’ve seen so far though 👀) I screwed something up a long time ago (with cookies or cache? idek) and now scripts don’t work 😅 And I’m too lazy to reinstall it so I’m using Opera instead ^w^ > [@somatophobia](#): > > If it’s just Opera, it might need the Japanese language files installed in it > > [How can we help you? - Opera Help](https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/intro/customize/#language) Thanks for the link and instructions and everything! \>///\< ♥ ---
**Author:** ![rfindley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rfindley/32/35202_2.png) [@rfindley](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rfindley)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/13 "2018-09-16T15:54:22Z")
For what it’s worth, the Wanikani forums now support specifying the language of text. In the editor: ```nohighlight 直す ``` Result: 直す (i.e. Chinese rendering, if no default language specified) ```nohighlight 直す ``` Result: 直す (i.e. Japanese rendering) ---
**Author:** ![Frosty-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/frosty-chan/32/278695_2.png) [@Frosty-chan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Frosty-chan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/14 "2018-09-16T17:28:03Z")
> [@tododoki](#): > > WK on firefox because I can’t use scripts There’s tampermonkey for Firefox? I have no problems using any scripts in Firefox for wanikani or even the memrise ones too. Edit: I just noticed someone already replied this to you lol ingore me I’ve always been a huge fan and defender of Firefox lol. ---
**Author:** ![tododoki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tododoki/32/202635_2.png) [@tododoki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tododoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/15 "2018-09-16T18:55:34Z")
> [@Frosty-san](#): > > I’ve always been a huge fan and defender of Firefox lol. It’s my favourite browser for a long time, too ^w^ ---
**Author:** ![Frosty-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/frosty-chan/32/278695_2.png) [@Frosty-chan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Frosty-chan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/16 "2018-09-16T19:01:22Z")
Y-your my favorite! wait this isn’t the poll thread ---
**Author:** ![tododoki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tododoki/32/202635_2.png) [@tododoki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tododoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/17 "2018-09-16T19:11:59Z")
> [@Frosty-san](#): > > wait this isn’t the poll thread 😳 Y-you’re not the poll thread! ^w^ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/different-kanji-or-different-fonts/32825/18 "2019-09-16T19:19:36Z")
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