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 Hanabi game client written in java.
 It currently only supports playing on the same machine.
 
-For the future a network based client is planned.
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+Requirements
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+You need to install the [Shanghai][1] font on your system. To do that, download the `zip`-file provided on the upper link, extract the `shanghai.ttf` and install it on your system (on most systems this can be done by double click and the file and click the install button).
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+Future plans
+------------
+For the future a network based client is planned.
+
+[1]:http://www.dafont.com/de/shanghai.font