I have two Mac OS X clients, both running XQuartz 2.1.6 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple33). When I SSH into a remote linux system enabling X11 forwarding and launch gnome-terminal, on one Mac the terminal looks correct while on the other, the fonts are all screwy!
[jnet@Stan ~]$ ssh -X jnet@kyle.local gnome-terminal
produces:
powerbook:~ hp$ ssh -X jnet@kyle.local gnome-terminal
produces:
The problem goes away on the powerbook if I zoom in twice:
Edit: This affects a number of apps, not just gnome-terminal. It also affects Thunderbird, for example.
Best Answer
Looks like a font problem - run
Font Book.app
, click All Fonts, then select all the fonts in the middle pane (cmd-a) and choose File -> Validate Font from the menu. This will produce a report of any fonts with issues.If you find a broken font file, look where it is residing: