Bug#858142: xterm: ASCII underscore does not render when using -fa FreeMono -fs 14
On 2017-03-20 13:05 -0400, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 05:58:27PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2017-03-18 16:37 -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
>>
>> > Package: xterm
>> > Version: 327-2
>> > Severity: normal
>> > Tags: upstream
>> >
>> > Observe screenshot. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if the problem is
>> > really with libxft2,
>>
>> Probably it's something else (Xresources? video driver?), because…
>>
>> > but "xfd -fa FreeMono-14" works fine, so I figured
>> > I would start with xterm.
>>
>> …I cannot reproduce your problem. See the attached screenshot, where
>> the underscore is rendered just fine.
>
> Your screenshot does not depict the FreeMono font; your screenshot has
> serifs all over the glyphs; FreeMono (or at least the font resolved by
> the name "FreeMono" on my system) is a sans-serif font.
Which font would that be, and which package do I need to install to get
it? I am a total noob when it comes to fonts.
Cheers,
Sven
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