topic Re: How to display Japanese characters in an attribute table? in ArcGIS Desktop Installation Support Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-desktop-installation-support-questions/how-to-display-japanese-characters-in-an-attribute/m-p/787759#M828 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is from the <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/get-started/installation-guide/installing-a-localized-arcgis-for-desktop-setup.htm">current help.... under localized ArcGIS</A></P><P>Did you log in to your My Esri, check your organization's downloads site to see if language packs are available there?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:34:56 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2017-04-30T00:34:56Z How to display Japanese characters in an attribute table? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-desktop-installation-support-questions/how-to-display-japanese-characters-in-an-attribute/m-p/787758#M827 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am currently using ArcGIS Desktop 10.5 and I am using Japanese landuse data. My problem is, once I download the file and load it, I cannot see the fonts in the attribute table. The fonts appear gibberish.</P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-2 jive-image j-img-original" src="/legacyfs/online/349073_Screenshot 2017-04-30 06.41.02.png" style="width: 620px; height: 349px;" /></P><P></P><P></P><P>How can I display these Japanese fonts? I tried to install the <A class="link-titled" href="http://support.esri.com/download/1723#issues" title="http://support.esri.com/download/1723#issues">ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 1 Language Pack Update</A>&nbsp;but received an error like this.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/349066_language.png" style="width: 620px; height: 348px;" /></P><P>I searched for the patch for Arc GIS 10.5 but only found this&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://support.esri.com/Products/Desktop/arcgis-desktop/arcmap/10-5#downloads?id=7486" title="http://support.esri.com/Products/Desktop/arcgis-desktop/arcmap/10-5#downloads?id=7486">Esri Support 10.5</A>. However, I am still not sure if this is the solution. I also checked the thread posted 6 years ago -&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/20446">https://community.esri.com/thread/20446</A>&nbsp; but did not find the solution (also the thread that they have mentioned is not available now).&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Can someone please show me how to display the Japanese characters in the attribute table?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 29 Apr 2017 23:29:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-desktop-installation-support-questions/how-to-display-japanese-characters-in-an-attribute/m-p/787758#M827 AnanG 2017-04-29T23:29:50Z Re: How to display Japanese characters in an attribute table? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-desktop-installation-support-questions/how-to-display-japanese-characters-in-an-attribute/m-p/787759#M828 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is from the <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/get-started/installation-guide/installing-a-localized-arcgis-for-desktop-setup.htm">current help.... under localized ArcGIS</A></P><P>Did you log in to your My Esri, check your organization's downloads site to see if language packs are available there?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:34:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-desktop-installation-support-questions/how-to-display-japanese-characters-in-an-attribute/m-p/787759#M828 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-04-30T00:34:56Z