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Chinese

How to write Chinese with LyX ?

1.  Ubuntu Linux/TexLive

Required packages:

LyX Document Settings:

• Document→Settings→Language→Encoding→Other:
  • UTF8: "Unicode (CJK) utf8"
• Document→Settings→Fonts→CJK:
  • "bsmi" (AR PL Mingti2L Big5 font) or
  • "bkai" (AR PL KaitiM Big5 font).

2.  Windows/MikTeX:

Required packages:

• cjk, arphic

LyX Document Settings:

• Document→Settings→Language→Encoding→Other:
  • GB: "Chinese (simplified) (EUC-CN)" (Language Default)
  • UTF8: "Unicode (CJK) utf8", or
• Document→Settings→Fonts→CJK:
  • "gbsn" (AR PL SungtiL GB font) or
  • "gkai" (AR PL KaitiM GB font).

3.  Fonts:

In the arphic package are the following fonts available:

• "gbsn" (AR PL SungtiL GB font; 简体宋体; Simplified Times New Roman)
• "gkai" (AR PL KaitiM GB font;简体楷体; Simplified italics)
• "bsmi" (AR PL Mingti2L Big5 font; 繁体细上海宋体; Traditional Fine Shanghai Times New Roman
• "bkai" (AR PL KaitiM Big5 font; 繁体标楷体; Traditional Times New Roman)

Note: It seems MikTeX 2.9 has some problems with other CJK fonts.

4.  Examples:

Chinese pinyin: add "\input pinyin.sty" to the preamble, and use macros like "\Jin1\tian1 \wo3\men5 \de5 \lao3\shi1 \lai2" in your document.

5.  Alternative

An alternative approach could be the following:

1. Write the following code into the LaTeX Preamble (menu Document→ Settings→LaTeX Preamble):

\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\usepackage[overlap, CJK]{ruby}
\newenvironment{SChinese}{%
\CJKfamily{gbsn}%
\CJKtilde
\CJKnospace}{}
\newcommand{\cntxt}[1]{\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{}\begin{SChinese}#1\end{SChinese}\end{CJK}}

2. Then, when you want to write Chinese in the text, do the following:

Open a TeX Box (in menu, 6th button from right). Into the TeX box then write the following command [replacing the characters below with whatever Chinese you want to write].

\cntxt{% YOUR CHINESE TEXT HERE %} or
\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{}\begin{SChinese} % YOUR CHINESE TEXT HERE % \end{SChinese}\end{CJK}

Should the above steps not produce the desired result manually altering the encoding and font setting (cf. above) might solve it.

6.  Notes

• What is the difference between gbsn/gkai and bsmi/bkai ?
• How does XeTeX come into this ?

7.  Links

1. http://www.ntg.nl/maps/19/16.pdf (in Dutch)
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CJK_fonts
3. http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_ChineseSimplified.html(approve sites)
4. http://latex-my.blogspot.com/2010/06/cjk-support-in-latex.html(approve sites)
5. http://www.tug.org/tugboat/tb18-3/cjkintro600.pdf

8.  Categories

CJK