Can anyone tell me why SERIF this ugly on terminal

[chrainy]

I change the font to serif on terminal, but the font style is so annoying that I cant concentrate on my work - -

So do I have to modify the fonts.conf? and how

many thanks in advance.

BTW, I am using Debian etch

[kai12]

I change the font to serif on terminal

I don't understand why this is a problem - why don't you change it back
to a font you like better?

kai

[chrainy]

My friend uses Debian etch, and Serif looks good on his terminal. But I don't understand why it is changed on my terminal.

I agree that ths is not good question - -

[kai12]

can you be more specific?
what is it that you don't like about the font? i checked out the figure that
you posted above, and it looked ok to me - but the resolution is to low
to really tell.

here's a wild guess: maybe its the resolution of your screen, maybe you
use a lower resolution than your friend. at low resolution rendering the serifs
of the Serif font may be problematic.
try using a larger font size - if this helps, it might be the resolution and you
would be better off with a sans-serif font.

kai

[chrainy]

thanks kail

I upload the screenshot again, and emphsize the part.

hope you will understand me

[kai12]

Right! I see what you mean.
And I get the same behavior on my Debian Etch install in gnome-terminal as well.

The reason, I think, is this: the Serif font is not monospaced, yet gnome-terminal
seems to expect a monospaced font (like a typewriter font). It gets confused
with characters that are less the expected width (see the 'i') or more than
this width (see the broad "@").

I don't think there is a cure for this. I'd expect any terminal to use monospaced fonts.

You could look for a monospaced font with serifs (maybe that's what your
friend is using?) eg. "Monospace", "Luxi Mono", "Nimbus Mono L". Or ask
your friend what font + terminal application he/she is using.

cheers, kai

[genesus]

Weird, it looks like your system is using a non-monospace font like Times as a forced monospace font, eg courier.