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gnome-terminal package

my terminal is showing overlay and spacing that should not be there

Asked by murphy

upon opening the terminal in my home directory it shows character overlay and when typing in commands it shows spacing that should not be there. i have tried to copy and past this so you can see what i am saying and when i do it shows it properly when pasted.i will try to create what i am asking about with a string of letters. shack1@shack1-desktop:~$ qw ertyu iop
                                                                                                             at this point the @ is overlain with the s in shack1

this is very confusing to me and i have tried several things to fix this situation to no avail. thank you for your help!

shack1 murphy

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Best wojox (wojox) said : 		#1

Go to Edit >> profiles >> Edit >> uncheck "use system font" in "general tab" and select your preferred font

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murphy (murphy4267) said : 		#2

thank you very much wojox. this did fix the situation, i am forever grateful.