# Chinese keyboard layout for 8.1

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**Created:** [March 27, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-keyboard-layout-for-8-1/87974 "2024-03-27T15:08:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chinese-keyboard-layout-for-8-1/87974/4 "2024-03-28T21:37:38Z")

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> [@New in 8.1.28: Custom Touchscreen Keyboard Support](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-in-8-1-28-custom-touchscreen-keyboard-support/72772/3):
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> [Yes, any Unicode character will work. Most emoji don't currently _render_ in our embedded font, but we're treating that as a bug. The characters do still insert into the text field, though. Other characters such as most of the Chinese, Japanese, Korean language families will need you to install additional font extensions manually, which is documented in the manual.](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-in-8-1-28-custom-touchscreen-keyboard-support/72772/2#:~:text=Yes%2C%20any%20Unicode,in%20the%20manual.)

Hi @paul-griffith I saw your reply about this on another thread. Could you elaborate what you mean by installing additional font extensions? I couldn't find it in the manual.

From reading this it kind of sounds like we can install a custom keyboard, have our users type in an english keyboard but then maybe an extension brings up Chinese character options?

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