Yes, I can confirm, fixed does not appear there. Have you looked at fixed in xfontsel? All I see is a bunch of hiragana, and then some kanji. Maybe the only fixed-family font Ubuntu ships by default is Japanese?
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- 'fixed' font doesn't seem to appear in gnome-terminal's font list https://launchpad.net/bugs/52476 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs