Linux: Poor Font Rendering
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Description
Discord username (optional)
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Describe the bug
Font rendering is inferior to other terminals, e.g. gnome-terminal. The problem not only affects the shell (where most people use monospace fonts), but also proportional fonts in the tab's name (see screenshot). The different spacing between the characters is very ugly - compare "kl" (which are connected) with the big space between "no" or "pq".
To reproduce
Just start warp.
Expected behavior
Font rendering as good as in Gnome Terminal.
Screenshots
Operating system
Linux
Operating system and version
ArchLinux with Gnome 46
Shell Version
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Current Warp version
v0.2024.03.26.08.02.stable_02
Regression
No, this bug or issue has existed throughout my experience using Warp
Recent working Warp date
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Additional context
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Does this block you from using Warp daily?
No
Is this a Warp specific issue? (i.e. does it happen in Terminal, iTerm, Kitty, etc.)
Yes, this I confirmed this only happens in Warp, not other terminals.
Warp Internal (ignore): linear-label:b9d78064-c89e-4973-b153-5178a31ee54e
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the font-spacing problem in Warp v0.2024.03.26.08.02.stable_02 on Arch Linux with GNOME 46, then compare the same text and tab name with gnome-terminal. Done means proportional and monospace font rendering no longer shows the reported uneven spacing.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, rust
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100