Beco wrote: > Yes, this test indeed solved the "9" becoming a dash. > > I could let that as is, but after many years using linux I learned that the > less you personalize your system, the less headache you will have in the > future. > > So, how can I undo some probable mistake in my system and get it back to > what it is like when first installed? > > Is there a debian package for Lucida Grande. I know I've tried to install > many out-of-repositories alternatives for Lucida Grande that I'm willing to > remove them all.
Sorry, there is not. Lucida Grande is a variant of Lucida Sans that Apple commissioned and holds the copyright on. It's very likely that one of those out-of-repo alternatives is causing your problem; left to its own devices, the X11 font system will look for a reasonable match when it doesn't have precisely the font asked for. The fontconfig trick that I showed you is the proper way to inform it of a user preference; it is probably overriding something claiming to be Lucida Grande but with a poor excuse for a 9 glyph. Remove all the alternatives, and it should cope well enough. -dsr-
