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Relatively few people frequently look at different Han languages, and relatively few people are looking at txt files containing Han characters (and I expect those that do are typically running with their OS locale set to one of the Han languages?).

Enough CJK HTML content is tagged and heuristics are mostly good enough that incorrect font selection isn't a massive issue on the web, and AFAIK most major word processors include metadata in the file that suffices to distinguish language.



It's a massive issue on web, I routinely see Japanese posts on Twitter displayed in a Chinese font when they consist only of kanji.




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