# Nerd Fonts (opens new window)
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
# Easy Installer
Visit this repo (opens new window) for an easy way to install nerd fonts.
# Manual Install
- To to the pached fonts directory (opens new window)
- 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 (opens new window) 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.