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Version: 1.2

Nerd Fonts

From the repo:

"Nerd Fonts is a project that patches developer targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs (icons). Specifically to add a high number of extra glyphs from popular 'iconic fonts' such as Font Awesome ➶, Devicons ➶, Octicons ➶, and others."

Installing a font​

Video Explanation​

Easy Installer​

Visit this repo for an easy way to install nerd fonts.

Manual Install​

  1. Go to the pached fonts directory
  2. Copy the downloaded files to ~/.local/share/fonts

Curl Download​

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd ~/.local/share/fonts && curl -fLo "Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Nerd Font Complete.otf" https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/raw/master/patched-fonts/DroidSansMono/complete/Droid%20Sans%20Mono%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete.otf

TTF vs OTF​

OTF is a newer standard based on TTF, when given the option you should generally choose OTF.

Here is good article explaining the difference.

Terminal settings​

After installing your font, you will have to refresh your font cache by doing fc-cache -f -v. Then you will have to change your terminal settings to use the font you just installed. Please refer to your terminal's documentation for changing the terminal font.