With the test case I've provided, I don't get any horizontal gaps, just vertical ones (and even those may be a side-effect of bug 1394914). In particular,
pango-view --font="Ubuntu Mono 48" --markup --text='<span fallback="false">──</span>' gives me a solid horizontal line. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-font-family-sources in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868119 Title: [7 mod] Ubuntu mono font is not suitable for ASCII pseudo graphics because of vertical gaps Status in Ubuntu Font Family: Triaged Status in ubuntu-font-family-sources package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 1. At a terminal, enter: pango-view --font="Ubuntu Mono 48" --markup --text='<span fallback="false">Ubuntu ─│┌┐└┘├┤┥┦┧ Mono ── │└┘</span>' What you see: Gaps between the vertical bars on each line. What you should see: No gaps. Ubuntu mono font is not suitable for ASCII pseudo graphics because of has vertical gaps ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: ttf-ubuntu-font-family 0.80-0ubuntu1~medium ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Oct 5 08:27:32 2011 Dependencies: EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-font-family-sources UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+bug/868119/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp