CJK fonts not shown on satellite and watercolor maps
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
Fonts like Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more are not shown on the map views of Satellite and Watercolor. So it seems to be an issue with the road and city layer that we use there:

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the Satellite and Watercolor map views and the road and city layer configuration they use. Reproduce the issue with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean labels and trace the layer's font or tile source; done means CJK text is visible on both map views.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100