ssh client affecting fonts?

[Eric]

Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> Eric wrote:
>
>>> So what terminal type is set when you use SecureCRT?  putty will use 
>>> something like xterm or vt100 both of which will display make config 
>>> correctly, but a setting for a dumb terminal or no setting will look 
>>> more like your screenshot.
>>>
>>> --Alex
>>>
>>>
>> i have tried xterm, linux, ansi, etc all with the same result. i also 
>> tried different fonts in secureCRT to no avail.  Putty is using xterm 
>> and courier new.  weird
>
> That's presumably the setting you choose in SecureCRT.  What do you 
> actually get when you have logged in?
>
> echo $term
> echo $TERM
>
> --Alex
>
>
$term is blank, $TERM is xterm

i changed the font to courier new and it works again as expected. it 
always worked in putty tho.