[SM-Discuss] Another weird issue with fonts

Eric Sandall eric at sandall.us
Thu Aug 21 16:47:46 EDT 2008


Quoting "Ivan Lezhnjov Jr." <ivan.lezhnjov.jr at gmail.com>:

> Again, a single look at screenshot will say it all:
>
> http://217.117.75.2:8001/screenshots/openoffice-writer.png
>
> See Greek letters representing English words.
>
> This isn't limited to OpenOffice set of programs. Occasionally and for no
> obvious reason such programs as winecfg and kontact or sometimes even
> KDE "Run Command" window will have Greek letters saying English words.
>
> Which I find totally weird.
>
> And again I ask you to help me on this one. I have no idea what causes this
> total weirdness so if you have any share them with me, please.

I have never had that issue, but you may want to check your language  
settings in the following areas:
1. /etc/sysconfig/locale
2. Your WM's config (e.g. KDE's Language settings)
3. Your app language settings

My guess is it's #1 or #2, since it's affecting multiple applications.

-sandalle

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