I don't know if this is a bug in the font or the word processor, but it is nevertheless a bug found in some Gentoo packages. Using the Symbol font from within OpenOffice.org causes the symbols to appear jammed together with the character to the right. I have observed this specifically with lamda and set-union. OpenSymbol also has some similar problems. This problem appears the same in print as it does on the screen, which suggests to me that it may be a font bug. Usually, this isn't a problem, but there are certain characters that, when following a lamda, disappear, like period. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Type LLL 2. Select the middle L 3. Change its font to Symbol Actual Results: The lamda and L on the right overlap Expected Results: There should be inter-character spacing between the lamda and the L on the right. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -finline-functions -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -finline-functions -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.ccccom.com http://adelie.polymtl.ca/" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X Xaw3d aalib acpi aim alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl dga directfb eds emacs emacs-w3 emboss encode esd evo f77 f90 fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gb gcj gd gd-external gdbm ggi gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib innodb ipv6 java jpeg junit kde kerberos ldap libg++ libgda libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php plotutils png postgres ppds python qt quicktime radeon readline samba sasl scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis winbind wxwindows xine xml xml2 xmms xslt xv zlib video_cards_radeon userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Which version of OOo are you using, also under which desktop environment?
Closing this until we get more info. Also this really is a problem you should report upstream, as most likely this is no Distro-specific
I was using OOo 1.1.4 under KDE 3.4.1. Do you have a convenient way to forward this upstream? Thanks.
