Modern font family not supported properly in kiva.fonttools

[corranwebster]

The term "modern" in this context comes from Wx:

wx.FONTFAMILY_MODERN - A fixed pitch font.
(see wx.FontFamily

So what it should be producing is a monospaced font such as Monaco on Mac or Andale Mono (but not Courier - that's Teletype/Typewriter). Instead it is producing a default sans-serif font.

See "mono" and "type" columns here (Agg backend):

[corranwebster]

Given the issues with #977, it may make sense to deprecate "modern" in the near term - remove concrete uses and replace with "sans-serif" instead.