Unable to find selected font bug is BACK #18515

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opened 2026-01-31 06:16:26 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @cmdshft on GitHub (Sep 20, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.15.2524.0

Windows build number

10.0.22621.0

Other Software

Oh My Posh!

Steps to reproduce

Open Terminal

Expected Behavior

No popup warning saying unable to locate the font.

Actual Behavior

When opening the terminal, a new popup says:

Warning Unable to find the selected font "<font>" "Consolas" has been selected instead. Please either install the missing font or choose another one.

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Originally created by @cmdshft on GitHub (Sep 20, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.15.2524.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.22621.0 ### Other Software Oh My Posh! ### Steps to reproduce Open Terminal ### Expected Behavior No popup warning saying unable to locate the font. ### Actual Behavior When opening the terminal, a new popup says: `Warning Unable to find the selected font "<font>" "Consolas" has been selected instead. Please either install the missing font or choose another one.` ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8571823/191371951-bdf62528-492a-4af9-9549-63f32e8bc544.png)
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 06:16:26 +00:00
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2022):

That particular font bug actually never went away. You have to install fonts system-wide, because user-fonts seem to be broken since forever. Their existence seems to simply vanish for some reason after rebooting. And yeah, this is extremely annoying for me as well. 😕

/dup #3257

@lhecker commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2022): That particular font bug actually never went away. You have to install fonts system-wide, because user-fonts seem to be broken since forever. Their existence seems to simply vanish for some reason after rebooting. And yeah, this is _extremely_ annoying for me as well. 😕 /dup #3257
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2022):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2022): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#18515