[OS X TeX] Disappearing characters issue in LaTeXiT

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

> I like using the nice LaTeXiT utility for generating equations for use
> in Keynote and the like. However, I repeatedly run into the problem
> that random characters will be missing from equations when I go to run
> the presentations. I use the LaTeXiT graphics by dragging them from
> the LaTeXiT window (as pdf images, apparently) to the target Keynote
> slide. I then resize the graphic as needed in Keynote. However, often
> I come back to a slide later only to find that a character is missing.
> That is, the majority of the equation will be visible, but particular
> variables are missing. This appears to happen most often with greek
> letters. They are there when I drag the equation over, but they
> sometimes (not all the time) disappear when I later return to review
> the slide.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice here.

Howdy,

What version of LaTeXiT are you using and what version of OS X? This  
sounds like a font cache problem that might be solved by using Onyx.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)