Ubuntu: Monaco font is ugly (pixelated) in some apps, and the solution

[Leedehai]

There is an issue with this Monaco_Linux.ttf file.. On Ubuntu, in some applications (VSCode the editor, Chrome the browser), the font is pixelated when font size is 14 (other sizes like 14.5 is fine), and in others (Tilix the terminal emulator) the font is fine. Example: microsoft/vscode#49957 shows exactly what happened.

One proposed solution is disabling the embedded bit map: https://askubuntu.com/questions/386056/monaco-is-pixelated-in-web-pages and microsoft/vscode#49957 (comment), but it doesn't work for me.

I finally solved the issue by downloading the Monaco.ttf file from this source: https://www.fontpalace.com/font-download/monaco/ (note: I'm not sure if it's safe, though). Then, move thie file to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom/ as suggested by the author here, then run sudo fc-cache -f -v . in that directory to make the font effective. You may need to restart the applications to see the change.

I first posted this comment here, but I just realized I actually got the original URL from this repo.