GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 555430
Wrong rendering with block characters and gnome-terminal
Last modified: 2008-10-07 18:52:13 UTC
From https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=300191, still applies with 0.17.3 Looks like a VTE bug since Terminal from Xfce is also affected. See screenshot. Notice the strange rendering of the vertical volume bars. There's no rough edge.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 555431 ***