# Weird spaces in VSCode REPL

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** repl, vscode, display\
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943 "2024-01-18T09:00:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gdalle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdalle/32/27854_2.png) [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943/1 "2024-01-18T09:00:24Z")

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Sometimes my VSCode Julia REPL does this. No idea why it happens, I usually restart to make it stop. Any clues?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/0/f/0f56574da9b4fbd474a2913faa3fc7b199ec0459.png)

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943/2 "2024-01-18T09:40:29Z")

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I’ve seen that when messing with fonts elsewhere but not under normal conditions.

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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943/3 "2024-01-18T11:47:13Z")

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> [@gdalle](#):
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> Any clues?

That usually happens a couple of days before the PC passes away.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-spaces-in-vscode-repl/108943/4 "2024-01-18T14:38:19Z")

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Try playing around with the `terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration` setting.