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Japanese characters not displaying correctly

How to include a custom font, so that Japanese language characters display correctly in the documents and PDF downloads.

Written by Bjorn Forsberg

Some languages require specific fonts to be included in the template, so that the language characters display correctly. This guide shows how to add support for Japanese to a template, by using the font named M PLUS 1.

Note: The following guide assumes you are using the template designs that are provided within the Order Printer Pro app.

Add a Japanese font to your templates

1- Open Order Printer Pro (Shopify admin > Apps)
2- Go to the "Manage templates" page
3- Click the "Edit template" button on the template you would like to update
4- In the code section, scroll down in the code until you see the CSS styling towards the bottom(<style>).

5- Add the following code, just below the <style>  line. 

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=M+PLUS+1p:wght@400;700&display=swap');

6- Update the font-family  CSS rule found just a few lines lower, to use the new font. 

To do this, change the text:
"Open Sans" 

To be:

'M PLUS 1p'

Make sure the quotation marks are included.

See the below example after making this change:

7- Click "Save" and you are done.

Now your template will load the needed font for displaying Japanese characters correctly.

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