It seems this is still not fixed! I am on Ubuntu 16.04 facing exactly the same problem!
http://askubuntu.com/questions/8437/is-there-a-good-mono-spaced-font- for-devanagari-script-in-the-terminal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310053 Title: Devanagari text rendered incorrectly in VTE apps Status in Gnome Virtual Terminal Emulator: New Status in vte package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: libvte-common Under Ubuntu 8.10 Gnome-terminal and xfce-terminal incorrectly render devanagari script. Gedit (with the same font) renders the same text correctly. See example in screenshot. Using libvte 0.17.4-0ubuntu1. (Font is Liberation Mono in both applications). http://acm.jhu.edu/~me/devanagari-err.png To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vte/+bug/310053/+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
