From 292cc072f3bada256bc6af9970512eb9dec8d93a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cory Fields <cory-nospam-@coryfields.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 15:06:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] qt: fix unicode character display on osx when building with
 10.7 sdk

---
 src/qt/bitcoin.cpp |  3 +++
 src/qt/guiutil.cpp | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/qt/guiutil.h   |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index ea706d9f25..a43e7cb756 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     Q_INIT_RESOURCE(bitcoin);
     Q_INIT_RESOURCE(bitcoin_locale);
+
+    GUIUtil::SubstituteFonts();
+
     BitcoinApplication app(argc, argv);
 #if QT_VERSION > 0x050100
     // Generate high-dpi pixmaps
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index ed83909608..38fbc48a4d 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
 static boost::filesystem::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet utf8;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+extern double NSAppKitVersionNumber;
+#if !defined(NSAppKitVersionNumber10_9)
+#define NSAppKitVersionNumber10_9 1265
+#endif
+#endif
+
 namespace GUIUtil {
 
 QString dateTimeStr(const QDateTime &date)
@@ -376,6 +383,26 @@ ToolTipToRichTextFilter::ToolTipToRichTextFilter(int size_threshold, QObject *pa
 
 }
 
+void SubstituteFonts()
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+// Background:
+// OSX's default font changed in 10.9 and QT is unable to find it with its
+// usual fallback methods when building against the 10.7 sdk or lower.
+// The 10.8 SDK added a function to let it find the correct fallback font.
+// If this fallback is not properly loaded, some characters may fail to
+// render correctly.
+//
+// Solution: If building with the 10.7 SDK or lower and the user's platform
+// is 10.9 or higher at runtime, substitute the correct font. This needs to
+// happen before the QApplication is created.
+#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_8
+    if (floor(NSAppKitVersionNumber) >= NSAppKitVersionNumber10_9)
+        QFont::insertSubstitution(".Lucida Grande UI", "Lucida Grande");
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
 bool ToolTipToRichTextFilter::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *evt)
 {
     if(evt->type() == QEvent::ToolTipChange)
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.h b/src/qt/guiutil.h
index dd31d051ee..83739a5f13 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.h
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.h
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ namespace GUIUtil
       representation if needed. This assures that Qt can word-wrap long tooltip messages.
       Tooltips longer than the provided size threshold (in characters) are wrapped.
      */
+
+    // Replace invalid default fonts with known good ones
+    void SubstituteFonts();
+
     class ToolTipToRichTextFilter : public QObject
     {
         Q_OBJECT