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Titanfall 2 CJK text ingame rendering as question mark boxes

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9782 · opened 2026-05-14 by kidofcubes · updated 2026-05-14 · 1 comments · github
Kkidofcubes 2026-05-14 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Titanfall 2
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1237970

System Information

I confirm:

  • [x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-1237970.log

Symptoms

Some areas of the game aren't able to display CJK (I'm assuming it applies to all CJK text, though I haven't seen any korean/japanese text ingame to check) text.

Example of the text not rendering correctly in the chat
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Example of a place where the text does render correctly
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Reproduction

Open the game, get into a match/network with chat on, and try typing/pasting chinese text into the chat, it shows up as boxes.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-05-14 github

Hello @kidofcubes, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4001#issuecomment-4450650097.

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