gh-131204: Fix `difflib.HtmlDiff` may not use monospaced font (#131221)

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Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
index bc09aa128aa6d98d8290d83f0dd048d04a96ea68..4bba9e7ea5cfa828d8a0feb4843ce6f8e01a80db 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ _file_template = """
 
 _styles = """
         :root {color-scheme: light dark}
-        table.diff {font-family:Courier; border:medium;}
+        table.diff {font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console, monospace; border:medium}
         .diff_header {background-color:#e0e0e0}
         td.diff_header {text-align:right}
         .diff_next {background-color:#c0c0c0}

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_difflib_expect.html b/Lib/test/test_difflib_expect.html
index 6c2ee49837e68917fd0b161da096242b4538d0d3..9f33a9e9c9cf587948853ea508c834231f55da00 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/test_difflib_expect.html
+++ b/Lib/test/test_difflib_expect.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <title></title>
     <style type="text/css">
         :root {color-scheme: light dark}
-        table.diff {font-family:Courier; border:medium;}
+        table.diff {font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console, monospace; border:medium}
         .diff_header {background-color:#e0e0e0}
         td.diff_header {text-align:right}
         .diff_next {background-color:#c0c0c0}

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-14-09-28-13.gh-issue-131204.wogNEX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-14-09-28-13.gh-issue-131204.wogNEX.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..e821e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-14-09-28-13.gh-issue-131204.wogNEX.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use monospace font from System Font Stack for cross-platform support in  :class:`difflib.HtmlDiff`.