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pygame.font.SysFont always loading 'FreeSans' regardless of font specified

When using pygame.font.SysFont to load a font, no matter what font I provide it always resolves to 'FreeSans'.

loading a sysfont in pygame

I tried running it in a new console (image provided) and same issue.

The code i used was pg.font.SysFont("Arial", 20) and when printing the fonts name it outputs 'FreeSans'.

It used to work when I was on windows. I'm on ubuntu now.

Solution

  • Bruh, I just realized Arial isn't a supported font on ubuntu, I just thought it was. Sorry.