I installed the latest release of MinGW/MSYS, and I like to use rxvt terminal over the boring windows command prompt. But this new build spaces the letters too much: most fonts I have tried are messed up - even Courier New (ttf), Consolas (ttf), or PC6X13 (fon).
I'm stuck with plain OLD Courier because at least it's readable. Any solutions out there? EASY solutions preferred, I don't feel like patching source code and re-compiling rxvt!
I like mintty. The only problem I've had with it so far is that if I use the Windows python rather than the cygwin version, the output is line buffered, but this is a small issue. Other than that, it seems to provide many of the comforts of a modern terminal, with no hassle at all.
However, I have no idea if it works with MinGW/MSYS (which I only realised you were asking about on re-reading your question!).
UPDATED New improved solution :
Adjust msys.bat thusly:
start %WD%rxvt -backspacekey^H -sl 2500 -fg White -bg Black -sr -fn Monaco-18 -tn msys -geometry 120x37 -e /bin/sh --login -i
I find that the "Dina" font seems to work pretty well, too. Most of my other favorite monospaced fonts do not space correctly on MSYS RXVT (with one of several symptoms - either too far apart, too close (cutting off parts of letters), or with bars between chars).