Font settings not working for WSL apps that draw over the entire screen #260

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opened 2026-01-30 21:47:10 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @KireinaHoro on GitHub (May 15, 2018).

  • Your Windows build number: (Type ver at a Windows Command Prompt)

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.48]

  • What you're doing and what's happening: (Copy&paste specific commands and their output, or include screen shots)

    • Launch WSL console
    • Set default font to something other than the default font (e.g. on a system with MS Gothic as the default
      font, choose Source Code Pro instead in Default Values), then reopen the window;
    • Install and launch apps that redraws the entire screen (e.g. mosh, tmux, vim, etc.)
    • Exit from the app

One should not experience font change in the process

  • What's wrong / what should be happening instead:

The font gets reverted to the default font (in my case MS Gothic) as soon as tmux gets started, and sometimes the font reverts back to the font I selected when it exits (either finishes executing and exits or detaches), sometimes it doesn't. Setting the font in "Properties" does change the font, but the setting doesn't get preserved.

On exit, the font gets reverted to the default one shortly, and then the window closes.

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Originally created by @KireinaHoro on GitHub (May 15, 2018). * Your Windows build number: (Type `ver` at a Windows Command Prompt) Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.48] * What you're doing and what's happening: (Copy&paste specific commands and their output, or include screen shots) * Launch WSL console * Set default font to something other than the default font (e.g. on a system with MS Gothic as the default font, choose Source Code Pro instead in Default Values), then reopen the window; * Install and launch apps that redraws the entire screen (e.g. mosh, tmux, vim, etc.) * Exit from the app One should not experience font change in the process * What's wrong / what should be happening instead: The font gets reverted to the default font (in my case MS Gothic) as soon as tmux gets started, and sometimes the font reverts back to the font I selected when it exits (either finishes executing and exits or detaches), sometimes it doesn't. Setting the font in "Properties" does change the font, but the setting doesn't get preserved. On exit, the font gets reverted to the default one shortly, and then the window closes. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7804730/40042667-bf6e221e-5854-11e8-811f-ed1e598746c6.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7804730/40042685-cf98aede-5854-11e8-956e-9a190aa9afac.png)
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Reference: starred/terminal#260