Font Issue in Open/Save dialog

[Shadouw]

Hello,
I'm working on Linux Mint Cinnamon and Kubuntu. Both show the same issue. When I run Ardublockly from shell (ardublockly_run.sh) and click either "Open" or "Save" no letters are readable:

When I open Ardublockly in Chrome (http://localhost:8000/ardublockly/) it works as expected.

[barnycloud]

Same problem in ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Ardublockly cannot be used because the compiler location can not be set. Made a new issue in this forum to adress this bug.

[Shadouw]

@barnycloud , there is at least the workaround with the url in a browser. Besides that you can edit the config file and set the path to the Arduino compiler.
But this issue occurs when loading or saving programs as well. Here the web ui is not really a workaround since it doesn't provide the full functionality.

[Chacha75]

Same problem. Linux Mint 19.3.
Similar problem arised in another electron project:
LightTable/LightTable#2343
and the solution was this libpangoft update:
https://github.com/ArchI3Chris/LightTable-Square-Fix

[Chacha75]

I've figured out how to do it, and it perfectly works for me.
Clone the 2 files from this github project: https://github.com/ArchI3Chris/LightTable-Square-Fix .
If you download it one by one or in a zip file, then it breaks the symlink, you have to recreate it.
If you have downloaded the executable Ardulbockly, copy the 2 files into the ardublockly/arduexec/ folder.
If you are using the source code version, copy them into the ardublockly/package/electron/node_modules/electron-prebuilt/dist/ folder.
Happy new year!

[Shadouw]

@Chacha75 many thanks for this explanation. I can confirm that this fixes my issues on Kubuntu and Mint