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Fini Jastrow edited this page Oct 17, 2022 · 3 revisions

Nerd Fonts

  1. Why is this a thing?

Why is this a thing?

The original motivation and rationale for creating this project was to provide patched fonts for a separate Vim plugin project: VimDevIcons. The patched font was used in VimDevIcons to add glyphs (icons) as labels for files based on the filetype extension or entire path.

This project began as a part of the VimDevIcons Repository but soon it became apparent it did not belong tied to the Vim plugin. I thought it may benefit others more as a separate project and allow a wider range of uses. This project started before I knew about Fontconfig provided solution, although a patched font still has some benefits over the Fontconfig.

Notes

  • project and repository previously known as nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher and font-nerd-icons

This Wiki and the Readme contains a lot of information, please take your time to read the information.

If you run into any trouble, please start by looking in the FAQ and if you still need help you can visit the Gitter Chat.

There is a heavily detailed Changelog and Release changes.

Be sure to read the Contributing Guide before opening a pull request to Nerd Fonts.

If you have any questions about the Nerd Fonts usage or want to share some information with the community, please go to one of the following places:

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