How can I fix missing bullet point characters in Word Online?
I'm using Word Online in Ubuntu and the bullet points don't appear correctly. It looks like they're using characters from an Asian language instead:
How can I fix this?
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I'm using Word Online in Ubuntu and the bullet points don't appear correctly. It looks like they're using characters from an Asian language instead:
How can I fix this?
fonts office365
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I'm using Word Online in Ubuntu and the bullet points don't appear correctly. It looks like they're using characters from an Asian language instead:
How can I fix this?
fonts office365
I'm using Word Online in Ubuntu and the bullet points don't appear correctly. It looks like they're using characters from an Asian language instead:
How can I fix this?
fonts office365
fonts office365
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Examining the source of the page, here's the information on the various bullet points:
- First level
- Character: unicode f0b7 ()
- Font: Symbol
- Second level
- Character: o
- Font: Courier New
- Third level
- Character: unicode f0a7 ()
- Font: Wingdings
Here's the solution that worked for me in Chrome and Firefox (see edit below):
Install the Symbol and Wingdings fonts. Thankfully Wine has implemented open-source versions of them:
mkdir ~/.fonts/
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/symbol.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol.ttf
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/wingding.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingding.ttf
fc-cache -f -v
Once that's done, open/close your browser and the bullet points should be fixed:
Edit: Firefox made some major changes with how fonts are handled starting with version 44, and the first bullet point is broken again. I spent some time looking into it with no resolution yet. My notes are here: https://gist.github.com/bmaupin/09795621a3507574ce208332fdfca750
1
Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
add a comment |
I have the same issue, tried your solution, but the problem remained. It was as though the wingdings is not well installed.
Word Online:
In Word Online, selecting: bullets / Define new bullet / Wingdings
LibreOffice:
In LibreOffice, inserting special character
What succeeded at fixing it was to download the font from https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf. I placed it directly in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
. Then I ran:
sudo fc-cache -rv
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I already had wine installed, so this worked for me:
cd ~/.fonts
ln -s /usr/share/wine/fonts wine
fc-cache
I didn't even have to restart Firefox.
add a comment |
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Examining the source of the page, here's the information on the various bullet points:
- First level
- Character: unicode f0b7 ()
- Font: Symbol
- Second level
- Character: o
- Font: Courier New
- Third level
- Character: unicode f0a7 ()
- Font: Wingdings
Here's the solution that worked for me in Chrome and Firefox (see edit below):
Install the Symbol and Wingdings fonts. Thankfully Wine has implemented open-source versions of them:
mkdir ~/.fonts/
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/symbol.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol.ttf
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/wingding.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingding.ttf
fc-cache -f -v
Once that's done, open/close your browser and the bullet points should be fixed:
Edit: Firefox made some major changes with how fonts are handled starting with version 44, and the first bullet point is broken again. I spent some time looking into it with no resolution yet. My notes are here: https://gist.github.com/bmaupin/09795621a3507574ce208332fdfca750
1
Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
add a comment |
Examining the source of the page, here's the information on the various bullet points:
- First level
- Character: unicode f0b7 ()
- Font: Symbol
- Second level
- Character: o
- Font: Courier New
- Third level
- Character: unicode f0a7 ()
- Font: Wingdings
Here's the solution that worked for me in Chrome and Firefox (see edit below):
Install the Symbol and Wingdings fonts. Thankfully Wine has implemented open-source versions of them:
mkdir ~/.fonts/
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/symbol.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol.ttf
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/wingding.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingding.ttf
fc-cache -f -v
Once that's done, open/close your browser and the bullet points should be fixed:
Edit: Firefox made some major changes with how fonts are handled starting with version 44, and the first bullet point is broken again. I spent some time looking into it with no resolution yet. My notes are here: https://gist.github.com/bmaupin/09795621a3507574ce208332fdfca750
1
Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
add a comment |
Examining the source of the page, here's the information on the various bullet points:
- First level
- Character: unicode f0b7 ()
- Font: Symbol
- Second level
- Character: o
- Font: Courier New
- Third level
- Character: unicode f0a7 ()
- Font: Wingdings
Here's the solution that worked for me in Chrome and Firefox (see edit below):
Install the Symbol and Wingdings fonts. Thankfully Wine has implemented open-source versions of them:
mkdir ~/.fonts/
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/symbol.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol.ttf
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/wingding.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingding.ttf
fc-cache -f -v
Once that's done, open/close your browser and the bullet points should be fixed:
Edit: Firefox made some major changes with how fonts are handled starting with version 44, and the first bullet point is broken again. I spent some time looking into it with no resolution yet. My notes are here: https://gist.github.com/bmaupin/09795621a3507574ce208332fdfca750
Examining the source of the page, here's the information on the various bullet points:
- First level
- Character: unicode f0b7 ()
- Font: Symbol
- Second level
- Character: o
- Font: Courier New
- Third level
- Character: unicode f0a7 ()
- Font: Wingdings
Here's the solution that worked for me in Chrome and Firefox (see edit below):
Install the Symbol and Wingdings fonts. Thankfully Wine has implemented open-source versions of them:
mkdir ~/.fonts/
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/symbol.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol.ttf
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/wingding.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingding.ttf
fc-cache -f -v
Once that's done, open/close your browser and the bullet points should be fixed:
Edit: Firefox made some major changes with how fonts are handled starting with version 44, and the first bullet point is broken again. I spent some time looking into it with no resolution yet. My notes are here: https://gist.github.com/bmaupin/09795621a3507574ce208332fdfca750
edited 10 hours ago
answered Dec 4 '17 at 19:28
bmaupinbmaupin
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Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
add a comment |
1
Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
1
1
Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
Thanks. This made it work for me in Chrome, but not Firefox. Any idea about making it work for the latter?
– bit-pirate
Aug 6 '18 at 9:21
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
@bit-pirate I created a chat room here if you'd like to try to solve this together. If we're able to get it fixed I can update my answer as needed: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81210/…
– bmaupin
Aug 6 '18 at 12:06
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
This has improved the amount of bullet characters available to me, but the default solid black bullet (symbol f0b7) is still unavailable for me. Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
I can confirm that this no longer fixes the first bullet point for Firefox starting with version 44. I updated my answer to reflect this, although unfortunately I don't have a fix yet.
– bmaupin
10 hours ago
add a comment |
I have the same issue, tried your solution, but the problem remained. It was as though the wingdings is not well installed.
Word Online:
In Word Online, selecting: bullets / Define new bullet / Wingdings
LibreOffice:
In LibreOffice, inserting special character
What succeeded at fixing it was to download the font from https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf. I placed it directly in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
. Then I ran:
sudo fc-cache -rv
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I have the same issue, tried your solution, but the problem remained. It was as though the wingdings is not well installed.
Word Online:
In Word Online, selecting: bullets / Define new bullet / Wingdings
LibreOffice:
In LibreOffice, inserting special character
What succeeded at fixing it was to download the font from https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf. I placed it directly in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
. Then I ran:
sudo fc-cache -rv
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I have the same issue, tried your solution, but the problem remained. It was as though the wingdings is not well installed.
Word Online:
In Word Online, selecting: bullets / Define new bullet / Wingdings
LibreOffice:
In LibreOffice, inserting special character
What succeeded at fixing it was to download the font from https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf. I placed it directly in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
. Then I ran:
sudo fc-cache -rv
I have the same issue, tried your solution, but the problem remained. It was as though the wingdings is not well installed.
Word Online:
In Word Online, selecting: bullets / Define new bullet / Wingdings
LibreOffice:
In LibreOffice, inserting special character
What succeeded at fixing it was to download the font from https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf. I placed it directly in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
. Then I ran:
sudo fc-cache -rv
edited Dec 5 '17 at 19:00
Eliah Kagan
82.5k22227369
82.5k22227369
answered Dec 5 '17 at 16:08
Pierre SoubourouPierre Soubourou
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211
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I just managed to fix it ! I downloaded the font from : "github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf", I placed it directly in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/", then I ran : "sudo fc-cache -rv"
– Pierre Soubourou
Dec 5 '17 at 16:20
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
I found Symbol and Wingdings in other places online but I'm not sure about their licensing. The fonts from Wine work and have an open license. Did you close/repoen your browser afterward? that part's important. Also, your system should pick up fonts in ~/.fonts without having to edit system-wide fonts. What browser are you using? The answer I posted worked in Chrome and Firefox.
– bmaupin
Dec 5 '17 at 18:56
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
Tried getting the fonts from this github repository and from the Wine package as detailed in the previous answer. Both do fix many of the missing characters in Word Online. However neither of them fix the issue with the default bullet character for me.
– Dean
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I already had wine installed, so this worked for me:
cd ~/.fonts
ln -s /usr/share/wine/fonts wine
fc-cache
I didn't even have to restart Firefox.
add a comment |
I already had wine installed, so this worked for me:
cd ~/.fonts
ln -s /usr/share/wine/fonts wine
fc-cache
I didn't even have to restart Firefox.
add a comment |
I already had wine installed, so this worked for me:
cd ~/.fonts
ln -s /usr/share/wine/fonts wine
fc-cache
I didn't even have to restart Firefox.
I already had wine installed, so this worked for me:
cd ~/.fonts
ln -s /usr/share/wine/fonts wine
fc-cache
I didn't even have to restart Firefox.
answered May 1 '18 at 16:54
ChrisChris
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