Gilles Grégoire wrote:
Hello,
I just installed lyx1.4.3-5 (miktex 2.5) and when I type a formula with
greek letters, wrong symbols appear.
For example typing \sigma gives 3/4, \epsilon gives ², and so on...
I installed latex-xft-fonts but the problem is still there.
I previously used lyx1.4.3-svn (22th september 2006), and it worked fine.
I guess it is a math font problem, but I cannot find a solution.
Do you have any idea?
I have the same problem on Win XP. Lyx 1.4.3-5 (and I think -4)
installs display fonts in a directory under the LyX root, and then
apparently installs them as Windows fonts, and the font files are
screwed up.
Fortunately, it's repairable. Start by deleting the fonts folder under
LyX (probably not necessary, but I get a certain visceral satisfcation
from doing it). Then download the bakoma4lyx fonts from the LyX wiki
(ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/BaKoMa4LyX-1.1.zip). Unpack the
archive in a temporary location (*not* the Windows font folder).
Next, run the Windows font applet. Delete any fonts with the same names
as the ones in the BaKoMa package. Then add the fonts from the
temporary directory. Once they've been added, you can delete the temp
directory. (I would keep the zip file, though, since you might upgrade
to another LyX version that will reinstall the defective fonts.)
HTH,
/Paul
