Octave display error, Really small fonts

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I've installed Octave 4.2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04:

wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-4.2.0.tar.gz
tar xf octave-4.2.0.tar.gz
rm octave-4.2.0.tar.gz
cd octave-4.2.0/
./configure
make -j8
sudo make install

However there is a graphical bug in my Octave terminal:

The rows in terminal are stupidly small to see the present code.

How can I get rid of this bug?

Do you really need 4.2.0? 4.0 is available from the 16.04 repository — steeldriver, May 24 '17 at 14:03
Yes I need it due to geometry package that requires "Dependencies: Octave (>= 4.0.1)". I'm not sure it is compatible with Octave 4.0 — user46581, May 24 '17 at 14:08
I built it myself in a 16.04 VM and could not reproduce the issue - sometimes this kind of thing is specific to particular graphics hardware / drivers — steeldriver, May 25 '17 at 16:32

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 19 '18 at 16:44

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I fixed it by changing the font from Courier to another type. In my case, I changed it to Andale Mono. I have Octave version 4.2.2, and my Ubuntu is 16.04 LTS.

edited Apr 19 '18 at 16:44

user68186

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answered Apr 19 '18 at 16:41

rainpizza

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Octave display error, Really small fonts

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