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[Bug 1712442] Re: Underscore not shown at some DejaVu mono fonts

 

This is still a problem.

NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="19.10 (Eoan Ermine)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 19.10"
VERSION_ID="19.10"

I haven't changed anything as far as I know yet suddenly Geany stopped
displaying underbars. Font was Monospace (whatever that is fc-list
doesn't show anything named that) all sizes.

Changing to font Droid Sans Mono for Powerline worked for me - also
working: Free Mono, Fira Mono for Powerline, Go Mono for Powerline and
Noto Mono.

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Title:
  Underscore not shown at some DejaVu mono fonts

Status in fonts-dejavu package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, fonts-dejavu 2.35-1,
  mono underscore character is shown as space, issue seen:

  * first noticed at Tcl/Tk applications, see this
  https://core.tcl.tk/tk/tktview/6386ce66a48d530747763d5fa97d3c96f8584f73
  (14pixel-sized mono font) and this
  https://core.tcl.tk/tk/tktview/d4e20ca3dc tickets there;

  * then I've met this font bug at Geany: DejaVu Sans Mono: 14, 17, all
  styles, and alike for Bitstream Vera Sans Mono at 14/17 sizes; set
  editor fonts (in preferences/interface) to these fonts, underscore
  disappears.

  Since it is both at a Gtk application (Geany) and Tcl/Tk applications, it should be a font issue. It seems that DejaVu Sans Mono have generally issues, thus setting some another font as the system default Mono font would be reasonable (Liberation Mono seems to work properly).
  Notice that mono fonts are commonly used for programming, and underscores are common in code, thus it is quite a problem to have spaces instead of underscores in system default mono font.

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