font
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To Do
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- Try fonts, *Profont* and *Sheldon*.

Links
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- http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/
  ProFont for Windows, Mac, Linux.
- `HOWTO: Ubuntu, ProFont, Emacs`_
- https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/
  - `Installing RedHat’s Free 'Liberation' Fonts`_

Install
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Nerd Fonts
----------

Make sure this folder exists::

  ~/.local/share/fonts/

Select your font from, https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#patched-fonts

Download the regular, bold, italic and bold italic versions e.g::

  patched-fonts/UbuntuMono/Regular-Italic/complete/Ubuntu Mono Italic Nerd Font Complete.ttf

Update your terminal font e.g. Alacritty ``~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml``::

  font:
    size: 8.5
    normal:
      family: "Ubuntu Mono"
      style: Regular
    bold:
      family: "Ubuntu Mono"
      style: Bold
    italic:
      family: "Ubuntu Mono"
      style: Italic
    bold_italic:
      family: "Ubuntu Mono"
      style: Bold Italic

Microsoft
---------

::

  sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Custom
------

Note: This doesn't work...

Following these instructions:
`How to get ProFont working in Ubuntu`_:

Download ``profont-x11.tar.gz`` from
http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/
Change into your fonts folder::

  cd ~/.fonts/

Extract the ProFont files::

  tar xzf ~/Downloads/font/profont-x11.tar.gz

Make sure the ``~/.fonts.conf`` file contains the following::

  <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
  <fontconfig>
      <selectfont>
          <acceptfont>
              <pattern>
                  <patelt name="family"><string>ProFont</string></patelt>
              </pattern>
          </acceptfont>
      </selectfont>
  </fontconfig>

Update the font cache::

    fc-cache -fv

Re-start your applications... and you will be able to use the font...
ref https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts... you might need to log in and out...


.. _`HOWTO: Ubuntu, ProFont, Emacs`: http://www.fluidscape.co.nz/?q=node/92
.. _`Installing RedHat’s Free 'Liberation' Fonts`: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/30/installing-redhats-free-liberation-fonts/
.. _`How to get ProFont working in Ubuntu`: http://chrisacheson.net/blog/2009/03/21/how-to-get-profont-working-in-ubuntu