Math font problem on windows 2000 using lyx 1.4.3-5
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? -- Gilles
Re: Math font problem on windows 2000 using lyx 1.4.3-5
Thanks a lot for this tip! -- Gilles Le Vendredi 8 Décembre 2006 18:03, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : 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
Math font problem on windows 2000 using lyx 1.4.3-5
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? -- Gilles
Re: Math font problem on windows 2000 using lyx 1.4.3-5
Thanks a lot for this tip! -- Gilles Le Vendredi 8 Décembre 2006 18:03, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : 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
Math font problem on windows 2000 using lyx 1.4.3-5
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? -- Gilles
Re: Math font problem on windows 2000 using lyx 1.4.3-5
Thanks a lot for this tip! -- Gilles Le Vendredi 8 Décembre 2006 18:03, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : > 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
