*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 140540 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140540
I had this problem too. A new bunch of updates came today (after the updates that caused this) but it wasn't fixed. The URL mentioned above does the trick: gconftool --type float --set /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/dpi 96 -- [gutsy] GNOME terminal has inhumanly small font (estimated point size about 0.2) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140583 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs