In LibreOffice Writer, an inline formula in footnote does not inherit size from surrounding text. If the text in the main document has font size 12, the footnote font size is 10, then it seems that any inline formula has font size 12. This can only be corrected by equipping every formula explicitly with a size 10 line: Example: size 10 { (L - %lambda sub k I ) u sub k sup " " = 0 } Even then, the font size of the for mula is sometimes incorrect. Example: Using in a footnote the following formula with the same font sizes as mentioned above: size 10 { 2 times 3 =6 } gives a font size of the formula somewhere between 10 and 12.
Created attachment 134173 [details] Formula size in footnote
In fact each formula is an independent document, which is embedded as OLE. The formula itself does not "know" where it is embedded and therefore cannot adapt itself to the environment. It would be only possible the other way round, when inserting a formula, then set its font size to the same value as used in the surrounding text. There exists already two enhancement requests for that, bug 54358 and bug 32419.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #2) > In fact each formula is an independent document, which is embedded as OLE. > The formula itself does not "know" where it is embedded and therefore cannot > adapt itself to the environment. > > It would be only possible the other way round, when inserting a formula, > then set its font size to the same value as used in the surrounding text. > There exists already two enhancement requests for that, bug 54358 and bug > 32419. Ben: shall we close this as duplicate of bug 32419?
Buovjaga, Bug 32419 is the same is not a complete duplicate. It is the same with respect to the request for inheritance but with respect to the following it may different if not solved as part of 32419: Using in a footnote the following formula with the same font size 10 as mentioned above: size 10 { 2 times 3 =6 } gives a font size of the formula somewhere between 10 and 12. You may want to link the bugs, or should I create another one specifically for the latter issue?
I searched and the inconsistent size issue is reported as bug 104231. I even confirmed it myself :) I will take the liberty of closing this as duplicate of bug 32419 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 32419 ***