Re: [libreoffice-users] insert unicode char in writer

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.henschel@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
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