https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49645
Bug #: 49645
Summary: FILEOPEN Writer misinterprets letters from Symbol font
in .docx file
Classification: Unclassified
Product: LibreOffice
Version: LibO 3.5.3 release
Platform: Other
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
ReportedBy: b...@eikota.de
This bug is similar to bug 39670 - "FILEOPEN Writer mis-displays greek letters
in symbol font importing docx". The sample document for this bug
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=49722) contains two Greek
letters (lowercase alpha and beta) taken from the standard 'Symbol' font. If I
try to open this document with different LibreOffice versions, I get the
following results:
* LibreOffice 3.4.6 on WinXP:
correct, Greek alpha and beta letters visible, both taken from the 'Symbol'
font.
* LibreOffice 3.5.3 on WinXP:
wrong, two ornaments visible in place of the Greek letters. Also the font
association is wrong: if you select any of the both letters, the font menu
still shows the main text font (Cambria) instead of switching to 'Symbol'. It
makes no difference if the 'Cambria' + 'Cambria Math' fonts are installed
locally on the machine or not.
* LibreOffice 3.4.4, 3.4.6, 3.5.3.2 on MacOS X all show the same behaviour:
wrong, two ornaments visible in place of the Greek letters. The font
association is wrong just like with LibreOffice 3.5.3 on WinXP ('Cambria'
instead of 'Symbol'). It makes no difference if the 'Cambria' + 'Cambria Math'
fonts are installed locally on the machine or not.
If I compare this results with the bug report for bug 39670, I get the
following impression (just correct me if I am wrong):
* On Windows, bug 39670 was actually fixed, at least since LibreOffice 3.4.2.
Therefore this (the present) bug is a regression on Windows.
* On MacOS X, I doubt that bug 39670 was fixed at all (nobody ever confirmed
that bug 39670 has been really fixed in LibreOffice 3.4.x for MacOS).
* While there was some difference in handling these Greek letters taken from
the 'Symbol' font between LibreOffice 3.4.x for Windows and 3.4.x for MacOS,
now both platforms show the same behaviour. This is an advantage, of course.
Convinced by the results on MacOS X, I first tried to re-open bug 39670. But
Christopher M. Penalver gave his advise to open a new bug report instead. While
his assumptions are not completely correct (this bug is a regression only on
the Windows side, not on the MacOS X side), it is right to open a new bug
report, because in LibreOffice 3.5.3 this bug is now a real cross-platform bug
with equal results on Windows (at least Windows XP) and MacOS X. Could someone
else please test on Linux and/or Windows 7? Thank you!
NB: There is a good chance that this bug does not only affect the Greek letters
taken from the 'Symbol' font but also other glyphs from this font. This is why
I propose "Writer misinterprets letters from Symbol font in .docx file" for the
Summary field of this report, not "misinterprets Greek letters" etc.
I will attach some screenshots showing the different results.
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