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OpenXTalkPaul wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:53 am
case "Linux"
return "Helvetica"

-- Other distros (Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora etc.) varies, can be DejaVu Sans, Noto Sans, Liberation Sans etc.

I don't know when Helvetica was ever a choice on Linux.
That is a commercial font is it not?

Surely it could use
if $desktop_session contains "ubuntu" then...

Then use the right corresponding font for specific distros?

richmond62 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:25 pm Aha, you have found the deprecated racist word in the woodpile.

Well done.

So 'hard-coded' is only as 'hard' as far as that file goes.

Correct, the only things that are REALLY hardcoded, as in needing to recompile engine, are engine / language level and system level stuff. Most everything to do with the IDE are stacks/scripts (some call out externally, like SB to the Android SDK for example).

tperry2x wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:05 pm

OpenXTalkPaul wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:53 am
case "Linux"
return "Helvetica"

-- Other distros (Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora etc.) varies, can be DejaVu Sans, Noto Sans, Liberation Sans etc.

I don't know when Helvetica was ever a choice on Linux.
That is a commercial font is it not?

Surely it could use
if $desktop_session contains "ubuntu" then...

Then use the right corresponding font for specific distros?

Yes it is, I thought that was an odd choice for FOSS (OSes).
The IDE came with a few fonts, Source Code Pro / Font Awesome.
We could include a base set of liberal licensed fonts and have font consistency across all platforms, at least in the IDE, just a thought. Or maybe make that loadable sets maybe part of an IDE theming library.