You can set the font using -font-family on the command line. Also, I wouldn’t 
take that approach as Pd packages on Linux distros *should* have DejaVu Sans 
Mono as a dependency. If they don’t, the problem lies with the packaging and 
not with Pd.

enohp ym morf tnes
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Dan Wilcox
danomatika.com
robotcowboy.com


> On Jan 28, 2022, at 3:04 PM, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay <tremb...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Oh this is good - now I presume many other patches one someone’s machine 
> will look awful if their Linux doesn’t find the font, so I shouldn’t feel too 
> bad. I’ll make sure they look decent with what I can expect from v0.48
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> On 28 Jan 2022, at 13:32, Dan Wilcox <danomat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Check the actual font used by setting Log level 4 All and compare "detected 
>> font" with "using font." On Linux, Pd doesn't include the font itself, so it 
>> relies on DVSM being installed to the system and Tk finding it when the GUI 
>> opens. If it can't find DVSM, it reverts to a series of backup fonts 
>> starting with the old default of Courier. 
>> 
>>>> On Jan 28, 2022, at 1:11 PM, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay 
>>>> <tremb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The result is that if you make a patch on one system with the standard 
>>>> font and open it on another with the same or ver similar (macOS)-sized 
>>>> font, the rendering should be very close.
>>> 
>>> It was close enough indeed, except on Ubuntu 18 which makes a complete 
>>> mess. It might be on my side too.
>> 
>> --------
>> Dan Wilcox
>> @danomatika
>> danomatika.com
>> robotcowboy.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 



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