# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix CJK text and layout issues in desktop tooltips

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address garbled CJK text caused by a forced Arial font-family in desktop tooltips, along with related tooltip compactness and anchoring consistency improvements.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112807. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112807 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #67042: fix(desktop): CJK text garbled in tooltips due to forced Arial font-family

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112807: fix(desktop): make tooltips compact and consistently anchored**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/DESIGN.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/context-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/start-voice-button.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/preview-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/preview-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/session-control-goal.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/session-control-heartbeat.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/session-control-loop.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/trigger-popover.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/voice-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/rail.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/rail.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/fallback.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tooltip-icon-button.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/billing-banner.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/fan-menu-tooltip.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/fan-menu.tsx` (+7 more)
- **#67043: fix(desktop): remove forced Arial font-family from tooltips to fix CJK text corruption**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b8b7d7531c`, `#112807`, `#67042`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112807 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`