[ubuntu-uk] Disappearing characters

[Liam Proven]

On 9 March 2015 at 14:35, Bruce Beardall <bruce72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I've just recently received my new laptop from PC Specialist, the Lafité as
> they call it (http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/lafite/).
>
> For the most part, I'm quite happy, 14.10 runs quite smoothly and Unity
> handles the HD display but I've noticed when typing on LibreOffice Writer,
> characters disappear. That is to say, that although they're still there,
> they don't show on the page. Selecting all and changing the font makes them
> visible again but at this point no particular font seems immune. I haven't
> yet noticed this happening in any other program which includes writing.
> Also, it doesn't happen all the time.
>
> Any ideas?


Do you have the LibreOffice GNOME integration stuff installed?

Try removing it.

I found this made it look a bit old-fashioned and ugly but it worked
better. Mind, this is on Unity, not Maté. I prefer something a bit
more modern. ;¬)

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