I wish you well in finding an answer to your question re. fonts.
I've been wondering re. a similar issue pertaining to fonts -
on this present computer, all the script-fonts seem to be
missing;
I wish I knew how to retrieve these from the past since I
really liked using some of these.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Paddy Landau <pa...@landau.ws> wrote:
I am wondering if Libre Office has a separate set of fonts from the
> operating
> system, or at least some of the fonts.
>
> I'll explain my problem.
>
> If I have a look at Character Map to find a character that I want (let's
> say
> it is an aeroplane), I can find it in the Webdings font (Unicode 00d2, or
> Ò). See screenshot 1:
>
> <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039236/Character_Map.png>
>
> But when I use that character in Libre Office and set the font to Webdings,
> it shows a different character, specifically an in-box. See screenshot 2:
>
> <
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039236/Libre_Office_characters.png
> >
>
> Note that not all characters do this. For example, the first 52 characters
> (A-Z and a-z) are correct.
>
> I would like to know how to solve this discrepancy, so that I can search
> for
> characters in Character Map (or an equivalent program) and then use them in
> Libre Office. (I have tried an alternative program, Specimen Font Viewer,
> and it shows the same thing as Character Map.)
>
> I am using Linux Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit, fully updated) with Libre Office
> 4.0.0.3 (installed directly from the Libre Office website).
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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