gnome-terminal lists the fonts that are monospace according to pango_font_family_is_monospace(). The font as well as Pango should be examined why this one isn't believed to be a monospace one.
That being said, you can still set this font using dconf-editor, by setting /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:<the_profile_id>/font. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871807 Title: Installed fonts are not available for selection Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have installed the following font from nerd fonts using gnome-fonts by double clicking the file and selecting install. https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/master/patched-fonts/FiraCode/Medium/complete/Fura%20Code%20Medium%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete%20Mono.otf The font doesn't appear in gnome terminal custom font selector. I'm running the following system Linux admin2-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-7th 5.3.0-40-generic #32~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 14:05:59 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux And using gnome terminal 3.28.2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1871807/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp