原文链接: http://www.kylin-ux.com/2017/03/23/linux-admin-安装nerd-fonts字体

Nerd Fonts is a project that patches developer targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs (icons).
Specifically to add a high number of extra glyphs from popular ‘iconic fonts’ such as Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and others.

下载字体, 存放在字体目录

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mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd ~/.local/share/fonts && curl -fLo "Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Nerd Font Complete.otf" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/master/patched-fonts/DroidSansMono/        complete/Droid%20Sans%20Mono%20for%20Powerline%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete.otf

生成字体信息缓存

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fc-cache -vf ~/.local/share/fonts/

查看是否安装成功

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fc-list | grep -i droid
/home/kylin/.local/share/fonts/Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Nerd Font Complete.otf: DroidSansMonoForPowerline Nerd Font:style=Book

fc-cache - build font information cache files
fc-cache扫描字体目录并生成字体信息的缓存, 然后应用程序就可以立即使用这些新安装的字体
fc-list - list available fonts
fc-list :lang=hi - Lists font faces that cover Hindi.

设置gnome-terminal使用新字体

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gnome-terminal -> Edit -> Profile Preferences -> Text Appearence -> Custom Font:DroidSansMonoForPowerline Nerd Font Book

查看系统字体

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name

将系统字体修改为使用 Sans 10号字体

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name ‘Sans 10’