Comment # 6 on bug 926006 from Oliver Kurz

My initial problem when using a user profile from Arch Linux / Debian / Ubuntu
also on openSUSE was probably the same observation as yours (misplaced font
characters and cursor). That was because the font selection was actually
"Terminus", not xos4 ... . When explicitly selecting "xos4 Terminus" it should
work. It might be that terminus as a bitmap font is not selectable.

Can you try the following:
 - open the yast fontconfig module, e.g. call "yast fonts" (or 'xdg-su -c "yast
fonts"' as non-root)
 - select "Rendering Details"
 - Under "Embedded Bitmaps" make sure the checkbox "Use Embedded Bitmaps" is
activated and the radio box "All Languages" is activated

Is "the real terminus" font now selectable in the font selection dialog as
"xos4 Terminus", i.e. is it not mushed, pixel-clear?