Linux Font Issues - ScottPlot FAQ

Commonly encountered issues related to font rendering on Linux and MacOS

ScottPlot 4 uses System.Drawing.Common to render text in cross-platform environments, but not having the proper dependencies installed may result in unexpected font rendering behavior.

Example Font Rendering Issue

A common problem is that letters appear as squares or rectangles

Solution

Linux and MacOS may need to install additional packages described on the ScottPlot dependencies page.