Fonts for Insert -> Special Character -> Symbols

[Pavel Sanda]

On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 11:32:43PM +0000, Michael Dean Pugh wrote:
> This is a question I have been meaning to ask for some time.  What font or fonts does LyX  use for display in the UI (not the document) when applying Insert -> Special Character -> Symbols?  I have noticed that some characters are available on my home machine that are not available on my work machine (they show up as a rectangle in the display).  I suspect is has to do with which packages and/or fonts are installed.

I would check whether you use the same font set in Tools->Preferences->Screen Fonts and the underlying fonts are installed on your system.
For specific math we use various fonts from here https://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/lib/fonts , but they should be installed if you use normal ways how to obtain lyx on your system.

Pavel