Yesterday I turned my PC on and all system fonts look like this:
Terminal looks normal.
Any way to fix this from command line? Or do I need to go nuclear and re-install Ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.
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I assume your Ubuntu language is **not** English. And you have probably removed some fonts that are needed to display text in your **native** (Japanese?) language. You may try to change the *Fonts* using `gnome-tweaks`. See also: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1103560/only-squares-instead-of-letters-and-numbers-are-displayed-in-my-calculator-and-o – FedKad Jul 14 '19 at 08:53
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hi, my native language is Spanish. I can't really access any system conf like tweaks because all text looks like that. Is there any way to do it from cli? BTW, i haven't changed anything font related... – kurokirasama Jul 14 '19 at 18:58
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Did you try the command `gnome-tweaks`? I am not exactly sure whether it is the same in your version. (I am using 19.04) – FedKad Jul 14 '19 at 19:00
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I have seen this when someone tries rm'ing their entire disk. Typically happens when critical components / caches get deleted. Did you 'rm' anything critical recently? Maybe open a terminal and run 'history' to see what commands you did previously which may have triggered this. – popey Jul 14 '19 at 20:45
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I kind of fixed it but there are other thinks broken (like the theme). I might better re-install ubuntu. And no, I don't remember rm-ing anything, but once I was asked to do a fsck at boot, maybe that got things screwed ... – kurokirasama Jul 15 '19 at 21:12