diff --git a/patched-fonts/NerdFontsSymbolsOnly/font-info.md b/patched-fonts/NerdFontsSymbolsOnly/font-info.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fbb7aff97 --- /dev/null +++ b/patched-fonts/NerdFontsSymbolsOnly/font-info.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# NerdFontsSymbolsOnly + + +## Which font? + +### TL;DR + +* Pick your font family and then select from the `'complete'` directory. + * If you are on Windows pick a font with the `'Windows Compatible'` suffix. + * This includes specific tweaks to ensure the font works on Windows, in particular monospace identification and font name length limitations + * If you are limited to monospaced fonts (because of your terminal, etc) then pick a font with the `'Mono'` suffix. + * This denotes that the Nerd Font glyphs will be monospaced not necessarily that the entire font will be monospaced + +### Ligatures + +By the *Nerd Font* policy, the variant with the `'Mono'` suffix is not supposed to have any ligatures. +Use the non-*Mono* variants to have ligatures. + +### Explanation + +Once you narrow down your font choice of family (`Droid Sans`, `Inconsolata`, etc) and style (`bold`, `italic`, etc) you have 2 main choices: + +#### `Option 1: Download already patched font` + + * download an already patched font from the `complete` folder + * This is most likely the one you want. It includes **all** of the glyphs from all of the glyph sets. Only caution here is that some fonts have glyphs in the _same_ code point so to include everything some had to be moved to alternate code points. + +#### `Option 2: Patch your own font` + + * patch your own variations with the various options provided by the font patcher (see each font's readme for full list of combinations available) + * This is the option you want if the font you use is _not_ already included or you want maximum control of what's included + * This contains a list of _all permutations_ of the various glyphs. E.g. You want the font with only [Octicons][octicons] or you want the font with just [Font Awesome][font-awesome] and [Devicons][vorillaz-devicons]. The goal is to provide every combination possible in this folder. + + +For more information see: [The FAQ](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/wiki/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting#which-font) + + +[vim-devicons]:https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons +[vorillaz-devicons]:https://vorillaz.github.io/devicons/ +[font-awesome]:https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome +[octicons]:https://github.com/primer/octicons +[gabrielelana-pomicons]:https://github.com/gabrielelana/pomicons +[Seti-UI]:https://atom.io/themes/seti-ui +[ryanoasis-powerline-extra-symbols]:https://github.com/ryanoasis/powerline-extra-symbols +[SIL-RFN]:http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=OFL_web_fonts_and_RFNs#14cbfd4a +