| glyph-source-fonts | ||
| patched-fonts | ||
| unpatched-sample-fonts | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| changelog.md | ||
| font-patcher | ||
| gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher!.sh | ||
| install.sh | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| readme.md | ||
font nerd icons
- A fontforge python script to patch any font
- Over 20 already patched font families
- Over 350 unique permutations/variations of patched fonts:
- 44 font variations (just counting otf and ttf)
- 8 permutations (1 no flags, 3 flagged options)
- Calculated Permutations (8 * 44) = 352
- Permutations for each font are any combination of (plus no flags option):
- Monospaced extra glyphs
- Windows Compatible
- Pomicons
Glyph set 1 (Seti-UI / icomoon plus misc custom glyphs)
Glyph set 2 (devicons from vorillaz-devicons)
Glyph set 3 (pomicons from gabrielelana-pomicons)
Usage
Option A
Install any of the already provided patched fonts
Option B
Use the provided python command line script to generate a patched font from your own font to get the additional new glyphs
See: Font Patcher for usage
- use this option if you do not want to use one of the fonts provided
Patched Fonts
| Currently Included Absolute Mono Patched Fonts (extra glyphs are single width) | em size | status | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | 3270 Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Anonymice Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Aurulent Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Bitstream Vera Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | DejaVu Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Fira Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Heavy Data Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Inconsolata for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Lekton for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Literation Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Meslo for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Monofur for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2400 | [OKAY] | | M+ (MPlus) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | ProFont (Windows tweaked) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono| 1200 | [OKAY] | | ProFont (x11) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [FAIL] | | ProggyCleanTT Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] | | Sauce Code Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Terminess for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] | | Ubuntu Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
Other Good Fonts to Patch
- a list of additional good fonts to patch that I cannot provide or share due to the license:
- Input Mono
- PragmataPro
Font Install Script (Linux & Mac OS X)
> ./install.sh
Examples
./install.sh
All fonts installed to /home/ryan/.fonts
Font Patcher
Patching the font of your own choosing for use with the vim-webdevicons vim plugin:
- requires: python2, python-fontforge package
- usage:
./font-patcher PATH_TO_FONT
usage: font-patcher [-h] [-s] [-q] [-w] font
Patches a given font with programming and web development related glyphs
(mainly for vim-webdevicons)
positional arguments:
font The path to the font to be patched (e.g.
Inconsolata.otf)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s, --use-single-width-glyphs
Whether to generate the glyphs as single-width not
double-width (default is double-width)
-q, --quiet, --shutup
Do not generate verbose output
-w, --windows, --limit-font-name-length
Limit the internal font name to a maximum of 31
characters (for safe Windows compatiblity)
--pomicons Add Pomicon Glyphs
(https://github.com/gabrielelana/pomicons)
Examples
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf -s -q
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf --use-single-width-glyphs --quiet
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf -w
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf --windows --quiet
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf --windows --pomicons --quiet
./font-patcher Inconsolata.otf
Gotta Patch 'em All Font Patcher!
- re-patches all fonts in the unpatched directory
- mostly for Contributor/Dev use only
./gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher\!.sh
Rationale
- Originally created for use with vim-webdevicons vim plugin to add glyphs (icons) as labels for files based on the filetype extension or entire path
Other
- previously known as 'nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher'
License
see LICENSE