who brung "Helvetica 8" to the party? (and... does she have a sister?)

[skidoo]

Following a recent update ('yad' package?) on antiX16 I'm now seeing text within yad dialogs displayed as a tiny fontface.
(The yad progressbar is now shorter, height-wise, as well)

While testdriving antiX17 alpha2, clicking everywhichwhere to ensure each of the launchers works...
I was stunned when I launched rox-filer and found BEAUTIFUL, crisp, tiny text. I had learned to avoid rox-filer due to its (unfixable, I reckoned) text rendering ~~ purplish, serif, monospace font (evoking memories of "back in the mimeograph days")

Upon checking `lxappearance` in alpha2, I find "Helvetica8" as the selected (not by me) font.
Wait, the "Pick a Font" window doesn't even offer a selection named "Helvetica" AFAICT.
So I'm left wondering what's the source/cause of this happy side-effect?



Upon rechecking my antiX16 machines, yep... rox-filer has tiny and crisp text (and lxappearance indicates Helvetica8).
Tested: changing the GTK theme doesn't disturb the font selection. If I manually change the font though, how would I ever be able to re-select Helvetica8?

[cpoakes]

>and does she have a sister?

Nah, just an ugly step-sister... Arial.