After Debian stable switched to Wayland by default and texlive evolved from 2016 to 2018.20181218.49446-1, I cannot reproduce this bug any more with xdvi. Evince also shows all the symbols. If you are still interested and tell me how to temporarily switch back to xorg, I with double-check with xorg then (but it is unlikely to happen anytime soon).
- Bug#881177: xdvi does not draw all the symbols properl... Hilmar Preuße
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