bad s p a c i n g in KDE Console

this is driving me buggy-- for nome reason I am getting extra s p a c e between e v e r y c h a r a c t e r I type in my root Konsole (KDE Console emulation window). Any idea where the problem is? Thanx! Roger :-( still trapped in Qwerty....... SuSE 7.3 on PowerBook G3 bronze pre firewire