Special Character

Allesbrander · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:13 am Post subject: Special Character

Hi there!
I just switched from Word to O.O. and want to use a special character in my text, which i cannot find.

It is a 'm' with a dot (.) above it, right in the center.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance,
Jelle

eyolf · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:23 am Post subject:

From the main menu (in Writer): Insert > Special character...
Whether you find it or not, depends on whether or not it is present in the font you're using.
You can also use the shortcut (I believe the default is Shift+ctrl+S), or, if you install Ian Laurenson's exellent AltKeyHandler, you can assign a specific shortcut key combination to that particular character.

Allesbrander · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:47 am Post subject:

I'm using Times New Roman, .. and it's not in the list. Neither is it available in Arial.

It is the symbol for 'mass loss rate', a term used in physics/chemistry btw.
Maybe there's a special list avaiable including symbols used in physics/chemistry?
Or should I compose the symbol myself?

eyolf · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:30 am Post subject:

You could download the free unicode font Gentium http://www.sil.org/~gaultney/gentium/. There you will find it under the subset "Latin extended additionals". It will not look exactly like the other text in Times, but hey, Gentium is a much nicer font anyway, so why not just use that and ditch the ugly TNR? Smile

jrkrideau · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:16 am Post subject:

Bhikkhu Pesala · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:29 am Post subject:

You may find some suitable Unicode fonts on my fonts page Gentium is excellent, but still lacks bold typestyles. Try Guru, Garava, or Verajja. All of my fonts have some maths symbols, but not the full range.

Robert Tucker · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:51 am Post subject:

Besides Gentium and GentiumAlt, I found U+1E41 in:

FreeMono, FreeSerif, Everson Mono Unicode, and Code2000.

Also try Arial Unicode MS on Windows.
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Allesbrander · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks for all the help!
I installed Gentium, and will try the other options as well. I really like the font, but I'm not sure if it's 'scientific' enough however.
Cheers, Jelle

RGB · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:04 am Post subject:

Why not use a Math object?
Insert -> object -> formula
The code is:
dot m

Robert Tucker · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:50 am Post subject: