Win10 IDEA Client showing unrecognizable random characters during installation, and in UI
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This happens in IntelliJ IDEA community edition released in January and March 2016, and Early Access Program 2017.
I am using Windows 10 x64, and the system language is English, while system locale for non-unicode text is set to Simplified Chinese. However, the following screenshots taken during installation and Startup of IDEA clearly are not showing English nor Chinese.
I Got from StackOverflow that IDEA is written in Swing, and have tested several Swing programs, which showed texts properly. I am not able to figure out the problem up until now. I hope I can seek for some inspiration here.
Thanks for reading and sorry for my non-native English.
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Open Settings (Ctrl+Alt+S) and change the UI font here:
Solved. I wouldn't have thought of IDEA using a exotic font by default. Resetting the font to anything English and restart solved the problem. Thank you very much!
It's not using an exotic font by default, JVM font mapping on your system or some locale specific setting has triggered the problem.
I see. Also your shortcut is very helpful, since I had no way to open settings from unrecognizable menu items. Thanks again.