System details:

Positron and OS details:

Positron Version: 2024.11.0 (Universal) build 116
Code - OSS Version: 1.93.0
Commit: 8b1688a
Date: 2024-10-28T02:50:56.075Z
Electron: 30.4.0
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.15.1
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0

Interpreter details:

Python 3.11.9

Describe the issue:

Positron is not displaying Python docstrings correctly in the help panel. Many characters are not rendered properly.

Here is an example of the issue with matplotlib.pyplot.contour:

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Open a new Python notebook in Positron.
2. Run the following code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.contour?

Expected or desired behavior:

Same as documentation at https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.contour.html

Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?

No