https://www.nerdfonts.com/
I love the Ubuntu Nerd .. they give you all the fun icons and have various fonts that make life just feel right. My go-to nerd fonts are:
Linux Nerd Fonts
- Find a nerd font you want.
- Download it.
- Unzip into it's own folder under
~/.fonts - Run
fc-cache -fv t
I have a script to do this for you. Ask me to post it.
Windows / WSL Nerd Fonts
Windows Terminal by Microsoft: Open Settings (Ctrl+,), click either on the selected profile under Profiles or on Defaults, click Appearance and set Font face to (the one you want).
Installing Nerd Fonts for WSL: There are two contexts to what that means: The Windows Terminal side (in windows land) getting NerdFonts so your WSL terminal is nerd font ready .. and inside WSL so any GUI applications you launch can have option of a NerdFont.
- For inside WSL (in linux) just do it like you would normally on any Linux System.
- For Windows Terminal / Windows: Don't over think it. Download font file, open it, click on the 'install' button, then setting font in the terminal settings.
- Settings > profile > Appearance > Font Face > (select Nerd Font from list)
- Make sure you're using Windows terminal from the store. The default Ubuntu terminal will not work with this. https://i.imgur.com/xoL8g58.png
Chromebook
Tricky. Dunno how yet. Maybe look at kitty if that works... or not ... who knows.
https://gist.github.com/gbishop/9803b7ecc50b1930407ef4b98d1ba7c9
Misc Notes
- See print icons and symbols script here
https://ostechnix.com/install-nerd-fonts-to-add-glyphs-in-your-code-on-linux/
Needed to make the Starship tool happy.
Fun times
- Ruby colorls- A Ruby gem that beautifies the terminal's ls command, with color and font-awesome icons. 🎉
Usage
Guake: Right Click on an open terminal and open Preferences. Under Appearance tab, uncheck Use the system fixed width font (if not already) and select (font you want). Exit the Preferences dialog by clicking Close.