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I installed Oneiric as a guest OS in VirtualBox using the Mini CD. I installed the ubuntu-desktop package and everything seems to work fine - well, except for a font issue with the terminal:

As you can see, some of the letters overlap and it's difficult to read. I checked the settings and it the checkbox "Use the system fixed width font" is checked with "Monospace | 12" selected underneath it.

Edit: running the commands mentioned in the comments:

$ fc-match "Monospace"
DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"
$ gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name
Monospace 10
$ debsums ttf-dejavu-core
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/AUTHORS                                        OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/BUGS                                           OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/NEWS.gz                                        OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/README                                         OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/changelog.Debian.gz                            OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/copyright                                      OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/langcover.txt.gz                               OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/status.txt.gz                                  OK
/usr/share/doc/ttf-dejavu-core/unicover.txt.gz                                OK
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf                      OK
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf                           OK
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf                  OK
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf                       OK
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf                     OK
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf                          OK
Nathan Osman
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Turns out the ttf-ubuntu-font-family Install ttf-ubuntu-font-family package somehow didn't get installed. Immediately after installing that package, the terminal font switched to the Ubuntu Monospace font and everything was readable again.

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Nathan Osman
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  • Ping me with a solution to above problem, so next time I can edit without bothering you... ;) – Fabby Feb 27 '17 at 09:02
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Open your terminal Go to Edit-->Profile Preferences and in general tab check "Use System fixed width font"

Open Help
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Had the same problem. This may be related. Bug #1166125

Removing package pango-graphite fixed the problem for me:

sudo apt-get purge pango-graphite
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Coen
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I have seen this kind of problem in my friend's gnome terminal.. just go to edit --> profiles and change the settings of the font of your terminal.. it should solve your problem.. :)

dv3500ea
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  1. sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

  2. goto tweak tool

  3. goto fonts>monospace> select ubuntu mono regular 13pts

Aashutosh Taikar
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I use ZSH and this was happening to me when using autocomplete.

The solution was to add this to ~/.zshrc.:

export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

If you'd like to understand more, I recommend reading https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30479607/explain-the-effects-of-export-lang-lc-ctype-lc-all

Lucas Bustamante
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I fixed this issue by running: gconf-editor /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default

and unchecking "Use System Font"

user173367
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Go to Software Center and remove 'monospace font for pretty code listings and for the terminal'.

If that doesn't do it for you, try to remove Terminal (gnome_terminal), log out and log in and install the Terminal(gnome-terminal).

all4naija
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I fixed mine by using custom font monospace regular on all fronts.

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Ghostt
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