Is this a bug? I get extra space around the musical flat symbol

[ayryq]

I often need to enter musical characters like ♭ and ♯. In every font, the flat symbol (♭) has a bunch of space around it. I don’t see the same problem with the sharp symbol. It doesn’t look to me, actually, like LibreOffice Writer is using my selected font for this symbol, but a “generic” symbol which doesn’t change when I change fonts.

I’m typing these characters using a program called “WinCompose” but the flat symbol is U+266D and I can get the same result by typing (into the document) 266D and then [Alt-x], or by copying the symbol ♭ and pasting it into Writer.

I’m on Windows 10 and I’m currently running Writer version: 6.2.4.2 (x64)

Am I doing something wrong? Or is this a character unsupported by LibreOffice? I didn’t have any trouble typing it in this message.

[RGB-es]

Not all fonts support all characters. For example, the Liberation fonts used in LibreOffice’s default template do not have the flat symbol, but Libertinus font does. If you pick a symbol not supported by your font of choice, LibreOffice will use a substitute font and that will give you problems with character spacing, style, etc.

[ayryq]

Thank you, I tried probably 20 fonts but apparently this character is rarely included. DejaVu has it; I can use that.