The font you are using likely doesn't support the line glyphs. I've found Envy Code R to be a good all-purpose font that supports a good number of glyphs.
Nick On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 02:45:32PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, mutt! > > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 > I run mutt 1.5.21 on a Linux virtual terminal (NOT in X). Yesterday I > converted my system software from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8. Now I find that > the line graphics in the message index, rather than looking like lines, > look something like this: > > M-b~T~\M-b~T~@> > > . A bit of internet searching reveals the workaround of setting LANG > thusly: > > LANG=C mutt > > , but this is a mere workaround since it disables UTF-8 where it's > really wanted. > > Is there a proper solution to this dilemma? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).