LyX not showing math font properly

Problem:

I faced this problem after reinstalling Linux Mint on my computer. I simply installed the LyX, TeXLive and other LaTeX-related software. But when I started using LyX, it was not showing the math fonts properly. It was showing ‘a’ instead of ‘alpha’ or ‘b’ instead of ‘beta’, even though its corresponding latex code was correct, and the pdf output was correct. See the following figure for more clarity.

Reason:

One of the required packages of LyX is fonts-lyx, which is needed to visually display the math symbol in LyX. It was not automatically installed in when I installed LyX, and hence the math symbols were not visible properly.

Solution:

The solution is simple. Just install the fonts-lyx package from the package manager or from the command line. To install it from the command line, use the following command.

sudo apt install -y fonts-lyx

That’s all, this should solve the problem.


Cheers
A.Paul

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Changing caption width in latex

Subtitle in latex

Send in Email in Background in Thunderbird