Same issue here. In Spanish with Intrepid Ibex. (Duplicate Bug #297718).
In the attached document you can see how OO 2.4.1 installed from the official Ubuntu 8.10 iso supplied by Ubuntu.com incorrectly shows some characters in this list: ÁÉÍÓÚ áéíóú Ññ ç !"·$%&/()=?¿ ¡ as seen (in red) on the attached screenshot. O.O. package: 1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2 $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openoffice.org Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 ** Attachment added: "wrong_characters_in_red.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19621329/wrong_characters_in_red.png -- [upstream] [hardy] Special characters are not displayed correctly, fonts dissappear from the menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173090 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs