Update: This seems to be triggered by a fractional (> 1, but < 2, 1.4 in my case) Displays -> Scale -> Scale Factor setting (which is meant for HiDPI displays, and probably for people with sight issues), not "Force fonts DPI".
This upstream bug report seems to be related: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373232 ** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #373232 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373232 ** Summary changed: - Konsole font rendering: glyphs cut off vertically + Konsole font rendering with HiDPI display scaling: glyphs cut off vertically -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654875 Title: Konsole font rendering with HiDPI display scaling: glyphs cut off vertically To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/konsole/+bug/1654875/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs