to detect the default/standard font of the OS/Widgetset

[winni]

Discussion and workaround is here:

https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,26003.msg159027.html

Winni

[winni]

@sash

I always thought it's possible to do on per user basis:

cp yourfont.ttf ~/.fonts

In Fedora the folder path is /home/{user}/.local/share/fonts

Winni

[sash]

IMO, should work both, I just wrote ~/.fonts beacuse it's shorter (and actually it is deprecated in favor of ~/.local/share/fonts). But point was there's no need for root.

[af0815]

back to topic - i want the actual font, not to inject my own font.

[af0815]

If your application relies on a font being present it may be a better idea to include the font as a resource.

No, i want to know, what is the default font. Background: Between Jessi and Wheezy there must be a change in Raspbian in the default font (from liberationSans to freeSans).

Actual i have update my installscripts and install booth font-package.

fpreport cannot detect the font and use a predefined, not existing font :-( and on a LCL printout you see NOTHING. But there is another Bug ? prevent for a correct printout. I have fixed this with a 'hard' patch, but the issue with the font was only prevent by install all fonts on the systems. Regardless if they are Jessi or Wheezy (Buster) based.

[winni]

After installing new fonts in Linux you must update the cache:

Code: Bash  [Select][+][-]

1. fc-cache -fv

Did you do it?

Winni

[sash]

If your application relies on a font being present it may be a better idea to include the font as a resource.

And maybe even introduce an option where user selects a font explicitly with TFontDialog.