Hi Robert I don't *think* a replacement font is happening - though i'm no expert. I can start a new text document which starts with liberation serif and enter u+a723 followed by alt+x and get the character ok. So unless font substitution occurs automatically, transparently and with absolutely no indication, with LO searching all loaded fonts until it finds one with the character...... maybe it does that, but it would seem to me to be undesirable because what if more than one loaded font had the character, on what basis would the choice be made? Surely, that's something the document author ought to decide. But how would the author know that a replacement was necessary at all? Or maybe it's different in windows and ubuntu? I haven't a clue. Best, /G. -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 29/9/18, Robert Funnell <robert.funn...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] insert unicode char in writer To: "Gary Collins" <gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 29 September, 2018, 16:29 It looks to me as though U+A723 is actually not supported by Liberation Sans or Serif and that a font replacement is happening, although no font replacements are specified in my Options > LibreOffice > Fonts. I don't know how to identify which font is actually being used for the character. (LO 6.0.4.2, Windows 7) - Robert On Sat, 29 Sep 2018, Gary Collins wrote: > Thanks for reply, alt+X is exactly what i need. The font in question (liberation sans/serif) as i say *does* have the characters but i still cant seem to get them in the special chars dialog. > Thanks > /G. > -------------------------------------------- > On Fri, 28/9/18, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] insert unicode char in writer > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Friday, 28 September, 2018, 11:52 > > Hi Gary, > > Gary Collins schrieb am 28-Sep-18 um 11:51: > > Hi > > I would like to be > able to insert some unicode characters into writer doc but > cant find a way to do this directly. > > Type U+0161 and then press Alt+X, for example. > Alt+X is a toggle. You > can use it also to > look, which code a character has. > > Insert special char doesnt seem to be able to > find the chars i want, but > maybe i'm > not doing something right. > > The special character dialog works, but you > need to know which font has > a glyph for the > character. Otherwise the character will not be shown in > the selection pane. > > I have > a workaround using calc; i can enter the hex codes as text > (row > 1) and (row 2) use a formula > =UNICHAR(HEX2DEC(A1)) filled acrosd > adjacent column and finally copy row 2 and > paste as unformatted text > into writer. This > works but is rather longwinded to say the least. It > does show that its not a problem with the font > or with writer's ability > to display the > required chars; its just that i'd like a way to enter > > them directly into the writer documext. > > The chars in question were hex A723, A725, > 1E25, 1E2B, 1E96, 0161 (this one i *could* use insert > special char), 1E6F, 1E0F. > > Build > 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2.1 > > Have you looked, whether Ubuntu has a direct > input method? On Windows it > is possible to > use the numpad for direct input, although I prefer the > U+hexnumber method of LibreOffice. > > Kind regards > Regina > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
