[3.13] pythongh-131204: Fix difflib.HtmlDiff may not use monospaced font (pythonGH-131221) (python#131242)

Wulian233 · web-flow · commit 130fa4c94f41 · 2025-03-14T12:27:13.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 7fd6160)
diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ def _line_pair_iterator():
 </html>"""
 
 _styles = """
-        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
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
           content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
     <title></title>
     <style type="text/css">
-        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
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use monospace font from System Font Stack for cross-platform support in  :class:`difflib.HtmlDiff`.

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	`1`	+Use monospace font from System Font Stack for cross-platform support in :class:`difflib.HtmlDiff`.