2008/8/22 Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Thank you, Tom. On the Linux version of OOo, one cannot change the >> font weight/effect of a single variable in the equation editor. In >> fact, all the variables are italic by default. >> >> I am temporarily using "ч" until I find a better solution. >> > > From http://hypertextbook.com/physics/mechanics/velocity/ : > > "Speed gets the symbol v (italic) and velocity gets the symbol v > (boldface)." > > Note that OpenOffice.org (like almost every word processing or desktop > publishing program available today) uses Unicode, so all characters > available in Unicode are available to you, plus any other non-Unicode > characters unique to special symbol fonts. This is true, regardless of your > operating system. > > A explicitly bold v is Unicode symbol U+1D42F. An explicitly italic v is > Unicode symbol U+1D463. See http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D400.pdf . > These Unicode bold and italic variants are supposed to be used only for > mathemtatical and technical purposes and are not available in most fonts. I > suggest using George Douros' Unicode Symbol font for all your technical > work, if possible. It is available at > http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/<http://users.teilar.gr/%7Eg1951d/>. > > Jim Allan
Jim, you write that all Unicode glyphs «are available to you, plus any other non-Unicode characters unique to special symbol fonts. This is true, regardless of your operating system.» I'm running OOo on 64-bit Ubuntu Hardy. While I can enter the glyphs you mention above (𝐯, 𝑣) by typing ««Ctrl+Shift+u», [1d42f or 1d463, respectively], «Space»/«Enter»» into my response here in Gmail or in the Gnome text editor, when I perform the same procedure in OOo (either 2.4.1 or 3.0 beta), I instead get «1d42f» and «1d463». May I ask exactly what key strokes you use to enter these glyphs in OOo ?... Henri
