Hi everyone. Some of the terminals on my system (XFCE terminal, Kitty and some others) have some very inconsistent indentation between letters. Also the spaces in my VSCodium got a lot smaller. That started being an issue only after I installed Hyprland on my Garuda Qtile (just to try it out). I have deleted Hyprland since (as I wasn’t using it), but things haven’t come back to normal. What should I do?
Did you by chance change the fonts for the system or at least those programs? I ask cause I’ve run across that and restoring the fonts to what they were fixed the issue.
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I don’t think so. Although that might have been the case. Could you please tell me, how did you restore the fonts?
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Locutus is right, it sounds like you changed the font to something which is not monospaced. Code editors and terminals should always use a monospaced font or they will have the weird spacing issue you have described.
Because there are a thousand ways to change the font an application is using, you should start by undoing or amending the change you made in the first place (instead of layering additional configuration choices on top of it).
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Funny that you should ask cause I just messed it up the other day myself. That said go into System Settings, Fonts, click Default at the bottom, and then apply.
Both of them are using default fonts from the looks of it. In vscodium settings I specifically reverted the font settings to the default ones and in kitty.conf there are no additional font configurations.
Also, here is the output of garuda-inxi.
Kernel: 6.6.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc
available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=53b3749a-ce97-454b-ad36-e21addd2eb43 rw
rootflags=subvol=@ quiet quiet
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: Unity wm: Qtile v: 0.23.0 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81Y6 v: Lenovo
Legion 5 15IMH05H serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
v: EFCN46WW date: 12/04/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.2 Wh (100.0%)
condition: 51.2/60.0 Wh (85.3%) volts: 17.1
min: 15.4 model: SMP L19M4PC0 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 163
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake gen: core 10 level: v3
note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm
family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xF8
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 808 high: 900 min/max: 800/5000
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800
7: 800 8: 900 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
bogomips: 62399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2191 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Syntek Integrated Camera
driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3
chip-ID: 174f:244c class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10
with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3 compositors: 1: Qtile
v: 0.23.0 2: Picom v: git-c4107 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 143
s-size: 341x191mm (13.43x7.52")
s-diag: 391mm (15.39")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: DP-2 note: disabled
model: AU Optronics 0xd1ed built: 2019
res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms:
device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11:
drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5
vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX
1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 5.86 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 6 device: 0
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 device-ID: 10de:2191
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express
Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up
address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:
discoverable: yes pairing: yes class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB
used: 292.9 GiB (61.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not
installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0
vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN730
SDBPNTY-512G-1101 size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 11170001 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB
size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 292.9 GiB (61.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB
size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 584 KiB (0.2%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB
size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 292.9 GiB (61.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB
size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 292.9 GiB (61.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB
size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%) used: 292.9 GiB (61.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60)
cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.53 GiB
used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 64.0 C pch: 58.0 C
mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 60 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 302 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 0 Memory:
total: 16 GiB available: 15.53 GiB
used: 1.91 GiB (12.3%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 12 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: 2025
pm: nix-default pkgs: 0 pm: nix-sys pkgs: 0
pm: nix-usr pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1976 libs: 449
tools: gnome-software,pamac,paru pm: flatpak
pkgs: 49 Shell: fish v: 3.6.4 running-in: kitty
inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.21-1):
System install date: 2023-10-03
Last full system update: 2023-12-24
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:Looks like my garuda settings app is not starting. Probably another issue on my system. Unlikely to be connected to my fonts problem, but possibly might be. If you meant KDE System Settings though, tinkering with it changes nothing.
My bad I missed seeing FXCE.
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