Update: it turned out the lightweight desktop environment LXQT doesn't come with Thai or Ethiopian fonts installed. I assume it's the same for the Xfce. I'm sure there are ways to install desired fonts there but I have no such experience. I'm afraid I have to say the 8Puzzle works best on KDE or Gnome.


Haven't yet started with the ascii art project and haven't digested all the suggestions from SilverWarior, but I totally agree about the monospaced fonts. Very useful.