I was using Consolas 8 in xchat-gnome, and other apps that use a fixed width font. gnome-terminal, which I use regularly with Consolas 8, does not exhibit this problem - ever, even when using irssi (another irc application). Pidgin does not use the fixed width font, so I don't see this issue.
I have already submitted this bug to GNOME -- it is attached to this bug report. -- Visual corruption of text in irc chat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382237 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs