Libre doesn't seem to show Symbol as that font, eg. an 'a' is not displayed as alpha etc.. Rather it's a emboldened normal type font.
Am I doing something wrong?
[Solved] Symbol in Libre
[Solved] Symbol in Libre
Last edited by tays01s on Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
LO 4.2.2.1 on OSX 10.8.5
Re: Symbol in Libre
Maybe you do not have the Symbol font in your operating system...
(If I know exactly, the Symbol font is an old, not Unicode font set...
The newer Unicode fonts contains the greek characters, but under another code number. You must change (replace) those old characters for higher compatibility...)
See the "Insert - Special Character - (with "Arial" or "Times New Roman" font) - "Basic Greek" option...
(If I know exactly, the Symbol font is an old, not Unicode font set...
The newer Unicode fonts contains the greek characters, but under another code number. You must change (replace) those old characters for higher compatibility...)
See the "Insert - Special Character - (with "Arial" or "Times New Roman" font) - "Basic Greek" option...
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Re: Symbol in Libre
Try also OpenSymbol, it is delivered with OOo IIRC.
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Re: Symbol in Libre
Thanks, although the old Symbol font seemed more convenient and look more like an 'alpha' symbol than OpenSymbol. NeoOffice still supports symbol (although as per a previous thread NO doesn't support a house symbol for H in Webdings, whereas Libre, Word do). Life's complicated!!!!
LO 4.2.2.1 on OSX 10.8.5
Re: [Solved] Symbol in Libre
/ Insert / Special Characters for Times New Roman offers a very wide range of characters. For quick select drop the Subset selector to Basic Greek.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: [Solved] Symbol in Libre
Choosing the preferred font and as RoryOF suggests, settings subset selector to Basic Greek is probably the most efficient. Still slightly slower than just using Symbol but I guess more robust should you set everything to (eg) Ariel, you'd lose Symbol, but you don't lose Ariel, subset Basic Greek.
LO 4.2.2.1 on OSX 10.8.5
Re: [Solved] Symbol in Libre
Sometimes it may be aesthetically preferable, as it doesn't introduce an alternate typeface.tays01s wrote:Choosing the preferred font and as RoryOF suggests, settings subset selector to Basic Greek is probably the most efficient. Still slightly slower than just using Symbol but I guess more robust should you set everything to (eg) Ariel, you'd lose Symbol, but you don't lose Ariel, subset Basic Greek.
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