I made Japanese version of ReactOS.
Following is all that I have done. 1) add jpn.nls to \lib\kernel32\nls\ 2) modify \lib\kernel32\locale_rc.rc 3) add Japanese font to \media\fonts\ 4) add next line to \bootdata\hivesft.inf HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SysFontSubstitutes","MS UI Gothic",0x0000
0000,"FontName" 5) add next line to \bootdata\packages\reactos.dff media\fonts\FontName.ttf 3 6) modify locale settings at \bootdata\hivesft.inf and hivesys.inf HKCU,"Control Panel\International","Locale",0x00000000,"0411" HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","Default",0x00000000,"0411" HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NLS\Language","InstallLanguage",0x00000000,"0411"
Now please look at these screenshots. http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/081.png http://reactos-j.sourceforge.jp/up/img/082.png
The former uses mona http://monafont.sourceforge.net/index-e.html The latter uses mplus http://www.kaoriya.net/#BDFM+
I'm very sad... Is ReactOS able to handle Japanese font properly?