Re: Fonts and open office
Re: Fonts and open office
- Subject: Re: Fonts and open office
- From: James SterlingIII <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:35:26 -0400
>>I wonder why it broke; and why symbol is so special.
I have yet to work or play with Open Office but on the symbol font..
It use to be the "math" symbols font.. And in the Mac side ( "normal"
applications ) it seem to still be that..
Capital B = Beta etc ..
Hope this helps and adds some background information..
Jim Sterling
on 9/13/03 2:38 AM, rcohen at email@hidden wrote:
> You might want to check something else -- if you just open text edit
> and try to select
> symbol font, when you type you will get something else (I think
> whatever font
> was previously selected). There is something funny about what Apple has
> done with Symbol font....
>
> -Ron-
>
>
>
> On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 09:59 PM, Robert D. Sharp wrote:
>
>> I just did an install of Open Office and immediately checked. 1.0.3
>> does seem to have a problem with the Symbol.ttf file. In fact there
>> are several fonts that have no names (apparently). I scrolled down to
>> where I thought Symbol might be. There was a row if six empty boxes.
>> Font names above and below. When I moved down below Symbol so that it
>> disappears. When I scroll back up the name appears. If I select it
>> (i.e., in the document, I select all then set the font. I get a few
>> characters which I suspect are not available in Symbol
>>
>> Since I am a total newbie at X11 and OO, I am glad that I read your
>> post before I did much with it.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 04:28 PM, rcohen wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone out there have a successful installation of OpenOffice 1.0.3?
>>> I tried
>>> today, and find that I do not have the Symbol font. I followed the
>>> recommended
>>> options of the installer.
>>>
>>> -Ron Cohen
>> --
>> It has been said before but warrants repeating, "If you think
>> education is expensive, try ignorance."
>>
>> Bob Sharp
>> 6/7 th Grade Math Academy Teacher
>> Board Member, The Learning Space
>> Past Middle School Representative to the NCCE Board
>> Recipient of The First Annual Learning Space Achievement Awards for
>> Members
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