Math fonts not loading correctly

[AnnieOakley]

For some reason, Open Office Writer isn't loading the Windows 8 math fonts correctly. Or maybe I should say it isn't interpreting them correctly? When I go to Windows 8 to see what fonts I have and what they look like, the math fonts clearly are full of math symbols. When I try to use them in Open Office, though, they show up as regular qwerty type faces. Is there some simple solution to this problem? Btw, all other symbol fonts are working just fine.

Thanks,
Angela

[John_Ha]

Welcome to the forum.

Please upload a sample .odt file showing the problem you are having, and also a screen-shot of what you see on your screen (or, at second best, a PDF created from the document). Use the Upload attachment tab below where you type.

[Bill]

What are the names of the "Windows 8 math fonts"? How are you inserting the symbols in Writer? If you're using Insert > Special Character, did you scroll down to the Mathematical Operators subset?

[AnnieOakley]

Thank you, Bill. That works for some math symbols but it's missing a lot that I need.

John_Ha, this is what the fonts look like in an Open Office Document:

Font Examples.odt

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This is what windows says they should look like:

Gentium Fonts.jpg (18.86 KiB) Viewed 2106 times

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Open Symbol Regular Font.jpg (10.38 KiB) Viewed 2106 times

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[Bill]

From the comment in your uploaded document, I assume that you expect to get mathematical symbols just by pressing a key after you change to a "math font". That won't happen unless you install a different keyboard layout that maps the mathematical symbols to the keys. If you want to pursue that, try a Google search for "math keyboard layout". I have no experience with using a math keyboard. Another possibility is to use AutoHotKey to define keyboard shortcuts that insert special characters.

Insert Any Special Character with a Single Keystroke

[AnnieOakley]

Thank you, Bill. I looked into the math keyboard layout and found just what I need. So, problem solved! Thanks again.

[John_Ha]

Or go Insert > Special character ..., and navigate to the required character. These are the mathematical operators sub-set.