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All text in cinnemon is broken:

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I already tried resetting cinnemon to defaults

dconf reset -f /org/cinnamon/

And tried this:

gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.interface font-name

gsettings reset org.nemo.desktop font


gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name


gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name


gsettings reset org.cinnamon.desktop.wm.preferences titlebar-font

I restarted the computer. But I still got the same problem.

Unfortunately I cannot use a terminal.. well I can copy-paste commands, but I cannot read the output. :( Though, I can use ctrl+alt+F1 where fonts are working.

I hence tried restoring via timeshift --restore to a snapshot 3 days back, but the problem persists.

I made some upgrades via the normal upgrade manager last night and also messed around with android studio and kvm which may have led to it.

What can I do?

  • Linux Mint 19.3
  • Kernel 5.4.0-52-generic
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I eventually fixed it by downloading the Ubuntu Regular font from https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu

I saved it under a file "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" so I can recognize it even with a broken font, opend the archive and clicked the UI buttons to install it.

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