diff --git a/starmath/inc/dialog.hxx b/starmath/inc/dialog.hxx
index bed55f9ddabf..66db01d295f4 100644
--- a/starmath/inc/dialog.hxx
+++ b/starmath/inc/dialog.hxx
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ public:
 
 class SmShowSymbolSet final : public weld::CustomWidgetController
 {
+    SmViewShell &m_rViewShell;
     Size m_aOldSize;
     SymbolPtrVec_t aSymbolSet;
     Link<SmShowSymbolSet&,void> aSelectHdlLink;
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ class SmShowSymbolSet final : public weld::CustomWidgetController
     DECL_LINK(ScrollHdl, weld::ScrolledWindow&, void);
 
 public:
-    SmShowSymbolSet(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> pScrolledWindow);
+    SmShowSymbolSet(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> pScrolledWindow, SmViewShell &rViewShell);
 
     virtual void SetDrawingArea(weld::DrawingArea* pDrawingArea) override
     {
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ public:
 class SmShowSymbol final : public weld::CustomWidgetController
 {
 private:
+    SmViewShell &m_rViewShell;
     vcl::Font m_aFont;
     OUString m_aText;
 
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ private:
     void setFontSize(vcl::Font &rFont) const;
 
 public:
-    SmShowSymbol();
+    SmShowSymbol(SmViewShell &rViewShell);
 
     virtual void SetDrawingArea(weld::DrawingArea* pDrawingArea) override
     {
diff --git a/starmath/source/dialog.cxx b/starmath/source/dialog.cxx
index c87b987660e4..585f5a0df475 100644
--- a/starmath/source/dialog.cxx
+++ b/starmath/source/dialog.cxx
@@ -85,6 +85,24 @@ public:
     const OUString& GetStyleName(sal_uInt16 nIdx) const;
 };
 
+vcl::Font lclGetSymbolFont(const SmViewShell& rViewShell, const SmSym &rSymbol)
+{
+    const SmDocShell* pDoc = rViewShell.GetDoc();
+    if (pDoc)
+    {
+        // If we have a document, we want to render the symbol useing the font and style used in
+        // the documnet, so we do that by creating a node and preparing it, then get the resolved
+        // font and style from it.
+        SmToken token(TSPECIAL, '\0', "%" + rSymbol.GetUiName());
+        SmSpecialNode aNode(token);
+        aNode.Prepare(pDoc->GetFormat(), *pDoc, 1);
+        aNode.PrepareAttributes();
+        return aNode.GetFont();
+    }
+
+    return rSymbol.GetFace();
+}
+
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
 SmFontStyles::SmFontStyles()
@@ -985,8 +1003,9 @@ void SmAlignDialog::WriteTo(SmFormat &rFormat) const
     rFormat.RequestApplyChanges();
 }
 
-SmShowSymbolSet::SmShowSymbolSet(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> pScrolledWindow)
-    : nLen(0)
+SmShowSymbolSet::SmShowSymbolSet(std::unique_ptr<weld::ScrolledWindow> pScrolledWindow, SmViewShell &rViewShell)
+    : m_rViewShell(rViewShell)
+    , nLen(0)
     , nRows(0)
     , nColumns(0)
     , nXOffset(0)
@@ -1034,7 +1053,7 @@ void SmShowSymbolSet::Paint(vcl::RenderContext& rRenderContext, const tools::Rec
     for (size_t i = v; i < nSymbols ; i++)
     {
         SmSym aSymbol(*aSymbolSet[i]);
-        vcl::Font aFont(aSymbol.GetFace());
+        vcl::Font aFont(lclGetSymbolFont(m_rViewShell, aSymbol));
         aFont.SetAlignment(ALIGN_TOP);
 
         // taking a FontSize which is a bit smaller (compared to nLen) in order to have a buffer
@@ -1198,7 +1217,8 @@ IMPL_LINK_NOARG(SmShowSymbolSet, ScrollHdl, weld::ScrolledWindow&, void)
     Invalidate();
 }
 
-SmShowSymbol::SmShowSymbol()
+SmShowSymbol::SmShowSymbol(SmViewShell& rViewShell)
+    : m_rViewShell(rViewShell)
 {
 }
 
@@ -1239,7 +1259,7 @@ void SmShowSymbol::SetSymbol(const SmSym *pSymbol)
 {
     if (pSymbol)
     {
-        vcl::Font aFont(pSymbol->GetFace());
+        vcl::Font aFont(lclGetSymbolFont(m_rViewShell, *pSymbol));
         aFont.SetAlignment(ALIGN_BASELINE);
         SetFont(aFont);
 
@@ -1348,8 +1368,9 @@ SmSymbolDialog::SmSymbolDialog(weld::Window *pParent, OutputDevice *pFntListDevi
     , rViewSh(rViewShell)
     , rSymbolMgr(rMgr)
     , pFontListDev(pFntListDevice)
+    , m_aSymbolDisplay(rViewShell)
     , m_xSymbolSets(m_xBuilder->weld_combo_box("symbolset"))
-    , m_xSymbolSetDisplay(new SmShowSymbolSet(m_xBuilder->weld_scrolled_window("scrolledwindow", true)))
+    , m_xSymbolSetDisplay(new SmShowSymbolSet(m_xBuilder->weld_scrolled_window("scrolledwindow", true), rViewShell))
     , m_xSymbolSetDisplayArea(new weld::CustomWeld(*m_xBuilder, "symbolsetdisplay", *m_xSymbolSetDisplay))
     , m_xSymbolName(m_xBuilder->weld_label("symbolname"))
     , m_xSymbolDisplay(new weld::CustomWeld(*m_xBuilder, "preview", m_aSymbolDisplay))