Sorry, it turned out to be a problem with Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=fonts-android Also I should have been using the ISO 693 language code instead of country. $ fc-list :lang=ja : family MotoyaLCedar,モトヤLシータ゛3等幅 Sazanami Gothic,さざなみゴシック WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono Light,文泉驛等寬微米黑,文泉驿等宽微米黑 Droid Sans Japanese WenQuanYi Micro Hei Light,文泉驛微米黑,文泉驿微米黑 Droid Sans Fallback Fixed MotoyaLMaru,モトヤLマルベリ3等幅 Sazanami Mincho,さざなみ明朝 Thanks! _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig