Description: Bold text in dialogue boxes is not displaying, instead there are squares. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open LibreOffice 'Preferences' 2. 3. Actual Results: All bold text in the dialogue box is not displayed, instead, there are squares. Expected Results: Text in dialogue boxes Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes OpenGL enabled: Yes Additional Info:
Created attachment 145087 [details] Screenshot of dialogue box with text not displaying.
If the screenshot of the dialogue box is not showing then there is some technical issue so try after sometimes again or reach https://www.routersupports.co/ for the assistance so that you can get the solution
Sorry, I gather there's a misunderstanding caused by my use of English: the screenshot I uploaded is, actually, displaying, it's the text in dialogues etc. that isn't. Just click the screenshot attached to see what I mean. Best, Gerhard
@Gerhard : which system font are you using ? The image you have attached is typical of a font fallback issue where the font you want LO to display is incompletely or incorrectly supported (for whatever reason - bug, font type, font family, font weight, etc).
I can't repro this with my own version: Version: 6.1.1.2 Build ID: 5d19a1bfa650b796764388cd8b33a5af1f5baa1b Threads CPU : 4; OS : Mac OS X 10.13.6; UI Render : par défaut; Locale : fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded
System font: I'm using the High Sierra default which is San Francisco. Thanks for looking into this!
@Gerhard : if you re-start LibreOffice in Safe Mode, do you still see the same problem ?
Unfortunately, all those things a non-expert user can do - restart in safe mode, re-install LO - have not resolved the issue, I've tried.
@Gerhard : try turning off OpenGL support and restarting LO
Hello Alex, I had tried that before, but tried it again now - it didn't make any difference. Thanks! Gerhard
#Gerhard : could you provide us with a screenshot of the LibreOffice "About" dialog ? Or alternatively, copy/paste the text output of that dialog here ?
Created attachment 145288 [details] Screenshot of LO 'About' box Thanks for investigating!
@Gerhard : you're using MacOS Mojave ?
So, who knows what Apple have got up to with font rendering on MacOS14 (Mojave), see for example this : https://discuss.atom.io/t/macos-mojave-font-rendering-change/59058 no idea whether such tricks might affect LO's rendering, if at all, but it wouldn't be surprising. Until I upgrade to Mojave, which won't be for a while, no way of testing.
Sorry, I should have confirmed that the problem occurs both in Mojave and High Sierra.
(In reply to gerhard.bissels@ub.unibe.ch from comment #15) > Sorry, I should have confirmed that the problem occurs both in Mojave and > High Sierra. Thanks. I've just made the switch to Mojave, but unfortunately still don't have a problem in my own setup.
@Gerhard : do you have any font substitution defined under LibreOffice > Preferences > Fonts ?
Created attachment 145634 [details] Screenshot - no font replacements
Hello, No, I have no font replacements activated. Best, Gerhard
I am using the High Sierra as well. I have the same problem.
Sorry, I don't have problems with English, but Chinese. I cannot bold the word.
(In reply to gerhard.bissels@ub.unibe.ch from comment #19) > Hello, No, I have no font replacements activated. Best, Gerhard Hello Alex and community, I take it there hasn't been any progress to resolve the non-displaying text in dialogue boxes? It's a bit inconvenient; but I'm also using LO in teaching, and the dialogue boxes with squares instead of text do puzzle my students. They aren't really good advertising for LO... Best, Gerhard
Hi Gerhard, Well, I can't reproduce this on : Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 810e5008e75e54241e056de2129886689d7c21eb CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.14.2; UI render: default; VCL: osx; Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded Macmini core i5 (end 2014) with Intel Iris 1536 Mo Nor on MacbookPro 15" (end 2013) core i7 NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M / Intel Iris Pro using LO6142 so we're a bit stuck, I'm afraid.
@Gerhard : - which, if any, LO langpacks do you have installed ? - what is the OS system language / keyboard set to ?
(In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #24) > @Gerhard : > > - which, if any, LO langpacks do you have installed ? > - what is the OS system language / keyboard set to ? Hi Alex I have the British English language pack installed. Best Gerhard
Just noticed - it's not just the preferences dialogue boxes, but also the active tabs in spreadsheets - screenshot attached.
Created attachment 148893 [details] Screenshot of spreadsheet tabs with text not displaying
adding comment from https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-bugs/2019-March/176600.html (outage): "The problem of bold text in all dialogue windows not displaying, and being replaced with squares, persists in 6.2.2. I just deleted LO and my user profile and re-installed it, but to no avail. Is there still no solution in the pipeline?"
I'm getting rather frustrated with this bug. All bold text in dialogue boxes is not displaying which renders the whole package useless - and it's been half a year since I reported the bug. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, or changing options, but to no avail. If the developer community can't fix a dysfunctional UI within half a year, what hope is there for the whole package? I don't like going back to MS Office, but actually, I've got work to do, and need an office package...
(In reply to Gerhard from comment #29) > I'm getting rather frustrated with this bug. All bold text in dialogue boxes > is not displaying which renders the whole package useless - and it's been > half a year since I reported the bug. I've tried uninstalling and > reinstalling, or changing options, but to no avail. If the developer > community can't fix a dysfunctional UI within half a year, what hope is > there for the whole package? I don't like going back to MS Office, but > actually, I've got work to do, and need an office package... Problem solved, following the instructions at https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/131310/libreoffice-54-font-gui-problem-just-rectangles-macos/.
Great, then let's close