Created attachment 164837 [details] Screenshot showing upright greek symbols displayed as italic The two sets of Greek symbols in Math, called Greek and iGreek, are supposed to be upright and italic shapes, respectively. However currently this distinction only works for uppercase symbols. As an example, %ALPHA and %iALPHA, wich gives upright and italic Α respectively; but for lowercase symbols, both %alpha and %ialpha gives italic α. This is also the case for the %var-xxx and %ivar-xxx symbols. I have this problem with both 6.4.6 and 7.0.0 on Windows 10: Version: 6.4.6.2 (x64) Build ID: 0ce51a4fd21bff07a5c061082cc82c5ed232f115 CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded and Version: 7.0.0.3 (x64) Build ID: 8061b3e9204bef6b321a21033174034a5e2ea88e CPU 线程: 2; 操作系统: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; 界面渲染: Skia/点阵; VCL: win Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); 界面: zh-CN Calc: threaded
It is not a bug. Math formulas are based on MathML. There one character identifiers are usually rendered in italic in browsers. To get an upright character you need to set explicitly the attribute mathvariant="normal". That is attribute 'nitalic' in LibreOffice. LibreOffice has the setting 'GreekCharStyle' with modes 0, 1 and 2 to determine how the character set 'Greek' is used. Mode 0: all greek characters are upright Mode 1: all greek characters are italic Mode 2: uppercase greek characters are upright, lowercase are italic The default setting is Mode 2. Your expected behavior corresponds to mode 0. Depending on the mode, LibreOffice adds the attribute mathvariant="normal" in MathML to force the character to upright, and adds no attribute in case italic. In case character set 'iGreek' the attribute mathvariant="normal" is never written, so that all characters are italic. The character set 'iGreek' was introduced to make it easier for the user to force italic in case the user has set Mode 0. '%iALPHA' is essentially the same as 'italic %ALPHA'. To change the mode go to Tools > Options > LibreOffice Advanced. There click on button 'Open Expert Configuration'. Search for 'GreekCharStyle' (without quotations marks). Double-click the item and enter '0' (without quotation marks) for to get upright %beta. OK, OK, OK. Restart LibreOffice.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #1) > LibreOffice has the setting 'GreekCharStyle' with modes 0, 1 and 2 to > determine how the character set 'Greek' is used. > > Mode 0: all greek characters are upright > Mode 1: all greek characters are italic > Mode 2: uppercase greek characters are upright, lowercase are italic > > The default setting is Mode 2. Your expected behavior corresponds to mode 0. Thanks for the explanation, Regina. This configuration setting definitely satisfy my need, however it seems not documented anywhere, neither in the HTML help pages or the _Math Guide_ book, despite the latter having a whole section and exaustive tables for Greek symbols. Perhaps the guide was first written when the default mode was 0? I guess I'll send an revision request for the Math Guide to the documentation team.
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