Yep, it looks like that was it. Black was set to bold. I didn't change my profile preferences so why would I think the problem would lie there?. The upgrade to 15.10 did something to my preferences. At least now I know to investigate the preferences before opening a ticket.
Thanks for your help! ** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1561284 Title: man pages are not displayed correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1561284/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs