![]() ![]() Initially I used the first strategy, later I switched to the second. you can use a feature of freetype2 font engine, basically you can say that whenever the current font doesn't have a glyph for a certain codepoint then fallback and go look into other fonts (fallback strategy).you can take a bunch of symbol fonts, your favourite monospace font and merge them together (patching strategy).There are two strategies that could be used to have symbols in a terminal Heavily inspired by and the relative patch script from Kim Silkebækken ( ) Patching vs Fallback Why do you want to use fancy symbols in your standard monospace font? Obviously to have a fancy prompt like mine :-)Īnd because when you live in a terminal a symbol can convey more informations in less space creating a dense and beautiful (for those who have a certain aesthetic taste) informative workspace ![]()
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