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carport

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Registered: 2025-02-28

Posts: 7

Different terminal font after upgrade

After I upgraded yesterday with pacman -Suy, the console font looks different, like bigger.
Searching the web, I found this command to check the default monospace font:

$ fc-match monospace
NotoSansMono-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans Mono" "Regular"

I have no idea would value I had previously, though.

The thread also suggested I should add this to /etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf:

<alias>
  <family>monospace</family>
  <prefer>
    <family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>

That didn't change the font, not even after restarting. The previous command outputs the same font as before. I haven't notice the font being changed in other programs (yet).

Can someone help undo this font change? Thanks

Edit: I'm using gnome-terminal.

Last edited by carport (2025-03-24 15:21:22)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 62,277

Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=304414 ?

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fozid

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From: uk

Registered: 2024-06-16

Posts: 41

Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

Same issue here. Very annoying! Havent figured out how to resolve it yet.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 62,277

Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

fozid's thread, apparently kitty and foot only?
alacritty? xterm?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=304433

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carport

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Registered: 2025-02-28

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Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

fozid's thread, apparently kitty and foot only?
alacritty? xterm?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=304433

In my case, gnome-terminal.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 62,277

Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

See the other thread, "fc-match whatever" resolves Noto for fozid.
If you problem is limited to "gnome stuff" it's more likely the adwaita situation from the first link.

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fozid

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Registered: 2024-06-16

Posts: 41

Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

Hope this helps, but I have resolved my very similar issue. Some how, during pacman -Syu, the font I normally use got uninstalled. I reinstalled the font I was using previously and it has resolved. Very odd.

Last edited by fozid (2025-03-26 08:35:30)

mountaintrek

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Registered: 2024-02-01

Posts: 52

Re: Different terminal font after upgrade

...
...the font I normally use got uninstalled. I reinstalled the font ...

To verify if or when the font was removed, grep the pacman log:

grep '] removed' /var/log/pacman.log