Terminal crashes when invalid font is specified #2714

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opened 2026-01-30 23:03:01 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @intel352 on GitHub (Jul 11, 2019).

When adding Ubuntu to my list of terminals, I followed the example for Debian here which referenced "Hack" as the font to use. Every time I attempted to launch the Ubuntu terminal, Terminal would crash without any errors displayed.

Ideally an error should show, suggesting that the font was invalid/missing.

Additionally that markdown doc I referenced ought to either have it's example updated to reference the default font, or else give a warning about fonts must exist or else they will break Terminal.

Originally created by @intel352 on GitHub (Jul 11, 2019). When adding Ubuntu to my list of terminals, I followed the example for Debian [here](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/UsingJsonSettings.md) which referenced "Hack" as the font to use. Every time I attempted to launch the Ubuntu terminal, Terminal would crash without any errors displayed. Ideally an error should show, suggesting that the font was invalid/missing. Additionally that markdown doc I referenced ought to either have it's example updated to reference the default font, or else give a warning about fonts must exist or else they will break Terminal.
claunia added the Needs-TriageResolution-DuplicateProduct-Terminal labels 2026-01-30 23:03:01 +00:00
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