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For information, current default fonts used when creating a new chart are :
- Linux: Lucida Sans
- Windows: Lucida Sans Unicode
- Mac OS: Lucida Sans Unicode

This font was chosen because it was present on all 3 OS but also manage russian characters.

NOTE: It seems "Lucida Sans" doesn't work anymore in Ubuntu, another police is used since "Lucida Sans" is not found.

Since Java offers some logical fonts, it would be better to use them to improve support of different extended unicode character ranges regardless of operating system.

h3. Solutions/First proposals

- use one of the predefined logical font as default (Serif, SansSerif, Monospaced, Dialog or DialogInput) instead of a physical logical font

- in the advanced chart editor tool bar, list only the logical fonts and find a way to access the physical font in another place (e.g. in a preference page)
or
- in the advanced chart editor tool bar, list the logical fonts first then the physical fonts

- in the combo box, instead of "Serif, SansSerif, Monospaced, Dialog or DialogInput" use the base physical font name, e.g. Times, Arial, Courrier (need to check which font is used on each OS)

- add autocompletion in fonts combo box