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Yesterday I turned my PC on and all system fonts look like this:

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Terminal looks normal.

Any way to fix this from command line? Or do I need to go nuclear and re-install Ubuntu?

I am using Ubuntu 18.04.

FedKad
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  • I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/only-squares-instead-of-letters-and-numbers-are-displayed-in-my-calculator-and-o – FedKad Jul 14 '19 at 08:53
  • hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related... – kurokirasama Jul 14 '19 at 18:58
  • Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04) – FedKad Jul 14 '19 at 19:00
  • I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this. – popey Jul 14 '19 at 20:45
  • I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ... – kurokirasama Jul 15 '19 at 21:12

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