Bug 50288

Summary: PDF-Export of MathType-Formula
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Thomas Unkelbach <thomas.unkelbach>
Component: Printing and PDF exportAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: minor CC: jbfaure, mbergkoetter, reisi007
Priority: medium    
Version: 3.5.3 release   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: Original odt-Document with MathType-Formula
solution - exported pdf with fonts embedded

Description Thomas Unkelbach 2012-05-23 12:00:58 UTC
Created attachment 62029 [details]
Original odt-Document with MathType-Formula

Dear LibreOffice-Team

I'm using LibreOffice 3.5.3 and MathType 6.8.

If a Formula contains a Multiplikation-Dot and I try to export the document into PDF with LibreOffice, the PDF-File shows me a Multiplikation-Cross (x).

I send you the original odt- and the pdf-File.

Greetings from Cologne/Germany

Thomas Unkelbach
Comment 1 Florian Reisinger 2012-10-01 10:59:12 UTC
Hmm, I can't edit that with Math, but the "." is replaced by "x". --> Bug of the extension...
Comment 2 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2013-01-13 10:54:08 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Hmm, I can't edit that with Math, but the "." is replaced by "x". --> Bug of
> the extension...

Hmmm, which extension? AFAIK MathType is a standalone formula editor.
If I try to open the object remplacements (images in wmf format) Gimp does not show dot nor x.
I think the problem is in LibreOffice pdf export because LO shows correctly the formula, so it should be able to produce a correct picture for each when exporting to pdf.
So reopening the bug report.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 3 Matt Bergkoetter 2013-06-13 18:07:35 UTC
The problem may be due to a font substitution that takes place in the conversion to PDF.  See this tech note from MathType:
http://www.dessci.com/en/support/mathtype/tsn/TSN69.htm

I was able to reproduce the problem in LibreOffice Version 4.0.3.3 when using the default export to PDF options, but when I did the export again and checked the option "Embed standard fonts" it worked fine.

Hope that helps. 
MDB
Comment 4 Matt Bergkoetter 2013-06-13 18:17:26 UTC
Created attachment 80791 [details]
solution - exported pdf with fonts embedded
Comment 5 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2013-06-24 21:51:37 UTC
closing as WorkForMe due to comment #4.

Best regards. JBF