Crossplatform font

[LemonParty]

Hello.
I have a GUI application that is desirable to be portable and I need monospace font. I target Windows, Linux (and optionally MacOS). In Windows I can use Courier, it's fine. What about other OSs? Should I bring there my font or is there a more elegant decision?

[dsiders]

Hello.
I have a GUI application that is desirable to be portable and I need monospace font. I target Windows, Linux (and optionally MacOS). In Windows I can use Courier, it's fine. What about other OSs? Should I bring there my font or is there a more elegant decision?

In LCL applications, there are aliases (my term) that can be assigned to Font.Name properties like "Sans Serif" and "Monospace". These are automatically translated to the real font names supported for a given platform. If you want exactly the same font, then you'll need to provide it. Good news is that basically any TrueType font works. You just need to install it on the target system.

[zeljko]

Hello.
I have a GUI application that is desirable to be portable and I need monospace font. I target Windows, Linux (and optionally MacOS). In Windows I can use Courier, it's fine. What about other OSs? Should I bring there my font or is there a more elegant decision?

This is what I'm doing (for linux you can add monospace if you want, but DejaVu Sans Mono is installed on all distros by default for years):
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  LogMemo0.Font.Name := 'Consolas';
  {$ELSE}
  {$IFDEF DARWIN}
  LogMemo0.Font.Name := 'Menlo';
  {$ELSE}
  LogMemo0.Font.Name := 'DejaVu Sans Mono';
  {$ENDIF}
  {$ENDIF}

[Graeme]

I found the most reliable way with consistent look, is to ship such a font with your application. eg: 'DejaVu Sans Mono'

Saying that, fpGUI currently does what Zeljko showed. Each platform's IFDEF defines a known font.

[Thaddy]

I usually  choose an Open source font that I like and include it as a font resource in my application.

[LemonParty]

Thank you, zeljko. That is a good solution.
I don't really want to bring an extra font.