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Yesterday I turned my PC on and all system fonts look like this:



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Terminal looks normal.



Any way to fix this from command line? Or do I need to go nuclear and re-install Ubuntu?



I am using Ubuntu 18.04.










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  • I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/…

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 8:53











  • hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 14 at 18:58












  • Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04)

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 19:00











  • I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this.

    – popey
    Jul 14 at 20:45











  • I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 15 at 21:12

















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Yesterday I turned my PC on and all system fonts look like this:



enter image description hereenter image description here



Terminal looks normal.



Any way to fix this from command line? Or do I need to go nuclear and re-install Ubuntu?



I am using Ubuntu 18.04.










share|improve this question




























  • I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/…

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 8:53











  • hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 14 at 18:58












  • Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04)

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 19:00











  • I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this.

    – popey
    Jul 14 at 20:45











  • I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 15 at 21:12













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Yesterday I turned my PC on and all system fonts look like this:



enter image description hereenter image description here



Terminal looks normal.



Any way to fix this from command line? Or do I need to go nuclear and re-install Ubuntu?



I am using Ubuntu 18.04.










share|improve this question

















Yesterday I turned my PC on and all system fonts look like this:



enter image description hereenter image description here



Terminal looks normal.



Any way to fix this from command line? Or do I need to go nuclear and re-install Ubuntu?



I am using Ubuntu 18.04.







18.04 fonts gnome-tweak-tool






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  • I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/…

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 8:53











  • hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 14 at 18:58












  • Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04)

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 19:00











  • I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this.

    – popey
    Jul 14 at 20:45











  • I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 15 at 21:12

















  • I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/…

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 8:53











  • hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 14 at 18:58












  • Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04)

    – FedonKadifeli
    Jul 14 at 19:00











  • I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this.

    – popey
    Jul 14 at 20:45











  • I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ...

    – kurokirasama
    Jul 15 at 21:12
















I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/…

– FedonKadifeli
Jul 14 at 8:53





I assume your Ubuntu language is not English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your native (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the Fonts using gnome-tweaks. See also: askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/…

– FedonKadifeli
Jul 14 at 8:53













hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related...

– kurokirasama
Jul 14 at 18:58






hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related...

– kurokirasama
Jul 14 at 18:58














Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04)

– FedonKadifeli
Jul 14 at 19:00





Did you try the command gnome-tweaks? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04)

– FedonKadifeli
Jul 14 at 19:00













I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this.

– popey
Jul 14 at 20:45





I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this.

– popey
Jul 14 at 20:45













I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ...

– kurokirasama
Jul 15 at 21:12





I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ...

– kurokirasama
Jul 15 at 21:12










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