Method to set the default font for controls depending on the platform?

[Tim_Parnell]

@452199:@Tim Jones

While Tim Parnell’s method works for defining the font as the constant, it appears that the value for the constant is ignored. I set the constant to point to “Courier” (which is verified and on the test system and shows up in Xojo’s font pick lists). but the font in the app is still some form of Sans Serif font (I’m assuming the normal font for System) instead of the expected monospaced mess.

If you’re on Windows it must be “Courier New” and if the font you set is not available on the system it will revert to System.

This is my “base installation safe” monospaced constant:

	#tag Constant, Name = kMonospacedFont, Type = String, Dynamic = False, Default = \"", Scope = Public
		#Tag Instance, Platform = Mac OS, Language = Default, Definition  = \"Menlo"
		#Tag Instance, Platform = Windows, Language = Default, Definition  = \"Courier New"
	#tag EndConstant

If you have recommendations for Linux, I’m all ears!