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
