minus sign isn't displayed

[Andre Heßling]

My Ubuntu Dapper system is up to date (3.1.) and I also installed the recent OpenOffice.org update.
I noticed a problem using the formula editor "Math":
For example if you start "Writer", go to Insert -> Object -> Formula and type in:
a-b
The minus sign is shown as a box, just like as if this character was missing. If I write it in quotation marks, a minus sign is shown. This only applies to the minus sign in Math, every other character is shown correctly. Also if I write a minus sign in Writer and the auto format feature is used to enlarge this sign, no problem occurs.
A document with formulas and lots of minuses I have written last week was working perfectly until now. Nothing has changed so far.
Even if this problem only occurs in Math, I am not sure if this is Math-related since I only updated to the new OOo version from yesterday because I thought that this problem would vanish. But it hasn't and it also occured in the version before. But as I said, last week everything was ok.
I noticed an update of locales and some symbolic ttf font these days, maybe it has something to do with this.

[Craig Duquette (cduquette)]

I've got the minus sign here although it pushes right against the "b". The only font changes I have on my system is I installed the msttcorefonts package. See if that does anything for your problem.

[Craig Duquette (cduquette)]

Alright upgrading to the latest openoffice did in fact replace my minus sign with a box.

[Andre Heßling (ahessling)]

Yes, in the version before the recent upgrade the minus sign also pushed against the "b" and sometimes it wasn't even displayed. That's pretty annoying. Worst thing is that the new version introduces this bug where the minus sign isn't even displayed any longer.
The package msttcorefonts has been installed for a few weeks now and the problem seems to occur with every font. So I don't think that it is msttcorefonts' fault.
I hope someone fixes this bug since I have absolutely no idea what's causing it and this bug makes me stick to Windows for a while because I have to write some documents with formulas. It must have to do with some recent upgrades.

[jalonsom (jalonsom)]

Same here. Minus sign is replaced with a box.

[Andre Heßling (ahessling)]

I think that this bug is rather related to this package than to openoffice, although this font seems to be part of it.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in 2.0.2

[kramer cranerly (mark-connolly)]

Seems to have regressed in 3.0.0. OOO300m9 build:9358 in windows XP Pro

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Kramer,

Then you should file a bug at the openoffice.org bug tracker, not comment on it in the Ubuntu bug tracker about Windows XP Pro...

Chris