Icons stopped showing in terminal after install

[stav121]

Icons stopped showing in terminal after install

[stav121]

Hello sir, sorry for the late response.

This is a kinda "common" issue, most common cause is that the font on the terminal is not configured right. I suppose that you are using rxvt-unicode so I suggest you look up how to rightly configure the font you want for that terminal emulator.

Anyways, I hope I was not too late, I'd be glad to know if you solved it or not.

[jasonwoan]

I came across this issue with rxvt-unicode and a fresh install of i3wm-themer. I ended up downloading the patched powerline fonts and edit ~/.Xresources with the following:

URxvt*font: xft:Source Code Pro for Powerline:size=10, xft:DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline:size=10

The key bit is adding ft:DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline:size=10 to get the missing arrow characters since Source Code Pro doesn't appear to have them.

[mrsorensen]

Hello! When I change my font to either Deja Vu Sans or the full line jasonwoan commented I get a couple of icons, but not all (see screenshot). I haven't tried very hard to fix this though since icons are not super essential. Thank you both for answering!

[stav121]

Judging from that screenshot the Font is not configured right. It's kinda tricky to do with urxvt , it's a problem I've run into plenty of times and I've always fixed by an accident. Even a spelling mistake on the font name will cause malformation and errors.

For me usually this line works: URxvt.font: xft:Source Code Pro Semibold:size=10.5

and always remember to run the command xrdb ~/.Xresources to apply the changes.

I believe that if you play around with it for a bit you will be able to find a solution :-)

[mrsorensen]

Update: I got most icons working by going back to the default URxvt font in Manjaro with this line:
URxvt.font: 9x15,xft:TerminessTTFNerdFontMono