Bug 159227 - Special Character selection applying another font
Summary: Special Character selection applying another font
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.6.4.1 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2024-01-16 16:53 UTC by Tracey
Modified: 2024-02-01 14:15 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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special character selector (72.92 KB, image/png)
2024-01-16 16:53 UTC, Tracey
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Description Tracey 2024-01-16 16:53:27 UTC
Created attachment 191999 [details]
special character selector

I tried using the special character drop down selector.
It applies the correct character, but uses another font.

When I tried to add a character in a document that uses Liberation Sans, it used Tahoma (of its own free will for that character only).

I have a screen shot that shows some characters appear to be duplicated.

Thanks, Tracey
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2024-01-26 15:01:51 UTC
The characters available per font vary. So if Liberation Sans does not include a character, some other font is picked. Can you tell us which character you were inserting? At least 'Ā' is shown in Liberation Sans.

Arch Linux 64-bit, X11
Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1b83ebf42c535528b73baac2407b347f19070d07
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.7; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 25 January 2024
Comment 2 Tracey 2024-01-27 17:26:26 UTC
NO, I can not.

However, now that I am over the initial scare, in the near future I will test all the characters.

I selected all and changed it all to Liberation Sans so I don't know why it chose another font.
Please stand by :-)
Thanks, Tracey
I just started using v24
Comment 3 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-02-01 14:15:42 UTC
Let's set to "need info" for now then.
Please also see related reports bug 155957 and bug 139359.