Nerdfont

choose a font

nerd font download page

install a nerd font

• download the font in terminal or via browser:

  curl -sLo font-name.zip url-to-nerd-font-download

• create a font directory for user:

  mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts/<font-name>

• unzip and move downloaded font to the folder

  unzip <zip-file-name>.zip && mv <unzipped-dir-name>/*.ttf ~/.local/share/fonts/<font-name>/

vs code nerd font

• ctrl + p then type: >settings
• select open settings ui
• search for font
• select Terminal under Features
• set the font family box to: Font-Name Nerd Font where Nerd Font is static, i.e. if using FiraCode font set this to: FiraCode Nerd Font