Icon Size/ Padding Issue

[AnirvanB]

Description

I use colorls on both Mac and Linux. On Linux (Fedora), I encountered this peculiar problem where the item's icon size appears to be too small and padding/ margin from the text seems a bit excessive.

Terminal App: Terminal/ Tilix (VTE)
Shell: ZSH 5.8 with Powerlevel10k
Font: Meslo Nerd Font patched for Powerlevel10k (set to size 9pt)

I don't face this issue on Mac. Also, have tried playing around with font size, it hasn't helped. Anyway this can be fixed?

• Type of issue :
  • Installation
  • Feature request
  • Font-related (Mostly)
  • Bug in existing feature
  • Developer mode : Code quality / Tests / Documentation

[AnirvanB]

Issue can be re-produced with:

• Bash
• Vanilla ZSH

Icon size issue exists with equivalent apps like exa too, but the padding issue doesn't.

Wondering if this qualifies as a bug, or is an isolated issue.

[avdv]

Hi.

I am also using a VTE based terminal and I don't see such behavior.

Currently, I'm on vacation and will be AFC the next weeks so I cannot check my settings.

[AnirvanB]

@avdv - Hi Claudio, Thanks for the response! Enjoy your vacay! I'll follow-up in about ~2 weeks.

[AnirvanB]

UPDATE:

Issue was with the font selection. I was using a mono font earlier. Once I switched to a non-mono font (Hack Nerd Regular) both Icon Size/ Padding Issue got rectified.

However, issue still persists on other terminal. Icon size for some of the records are way too small (markdown and shell script files). Not sure if it can be fixed though 😕

EDIT @08/31:

Also, had the issue with other terminals like:

1. King's Cross
2. Drop Down Terminal X

These terminal apps use system mono font by default, and do not provide an option to change the font thorugh the app/ extensions settings. Used GNOME Tweaks to change the value for monospace font appropriately (used Hack Nerd Regular). This system-wide change seems to have fixed the issue.

For Nautilus embedded terminal, the fix is tracked here.

I feel this issue can be resolved.

[avdv]

Closing, as the issue seems resolved.