The prompt was there the whole time!
The problem was a color setting found in Edit->Profile Preferences where it said "Colors" and defaulted to "Use colors from system theme". This was making it Black on Black!
I changed it to White on Black because that's what I'm used to, but there are many options in there, and you can select from various pallets.
This came after checking to see that /etc/shells had the correct/bin/bash in it and making sure my /etc/passwd file had /bin/bash at the end of the listing for my user.
Those were given as possible solutions in other threads in other forums.
I know in the xfce4-terminal there is a option to increase the number of lines shown:
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uVRw5.png)
For ubuntu Terminal
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uAcRG.png)
Aside from that there is what @Zelda64fan said.
Best Answer
Gnome Terminal:
Edit
➤Profile Preferences
.Use the system fixed width font
.Xfce Terminal Emulator:
xfce4-terminal
and hit Enter.Edit
➤Preferences
Appearance
tab click on font selection button and choose your desired font from resulting dialog.Konsole:
konsole
and hit Enter.Settings
➤Configure Konsole
.Appearance
tab click onSelect Font
button and choose your desired font from resulting dialog.LXTerminal:
lxterminal
and hit Enter.Edit
➤Preferences
.Style
tab click on font selection button and choose your desired font from resulting dialog.Terminator:
terminator
and hit Enter.Preferences
.Profiles
tab, underGeneral
tab uncheck ☐Use the system fixed width font
.Guake:
guake-prefs
and hit Enter.Appearance
tab uncheck ☐Use the system fixed width font
.Yakuake:
yakuake
and hit Enter.Edit Current Profile...
.Appearance
tab click onSelect Font
button and choose your desired font from resulting dialog.Terminals listed below doesn't provide GUI to change font. You can use
Font Viewer
to view and choose the font. Top openFont Viewer
go to Unity dash by hitting Super and search forfont viewer
.Urxvt/Xterm:
Open
~/.Xresources
in your favorite editor:For
Urxvt
add:For
Xterm
add:Change
Source\ Code\ Pro
with the font you want to apply. ChangeRegular
with font style you want to use, like: Bold, Italic, Bold\ Italic. Set thesize
to your desired font size.Mrxvt:
Open the
~/.mrxvt
file in your favorite editor:and add following lines to it: