Update FAQ on NERD fonts to reflect the fact that kitty now has builtin NERD fonts

This commit is contained in:
Kovid Goyal
2024-08-27 16:31:55 +05:30
parent 627360e5ad
commit 0515dc1957

View File

@@ -257,11 +257,11 @@ fonts to be freely resizable, so it does not support bitmapped fonts.
.. note::
If you are trying to use a font patched with `Nerd Fonts
<https://nerdfonts.com/>`__ symbols, don't do that as patching destroys
fonts. There is no need, simply install the standalone ``Symbols Nerd Font Mono``
(the file :file:`NerdFontsSymbolsOnly.tar.xz` from the `Nerd Fonts releases page
<https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases>`__). kitty should pick up
symbols from it automatically, and you can tell it to do so explicitly in
case it doesn't with the :opt:`symbol_map` directive::
fonts. There is no need, kitty has a builtin NERD font and will use it for
symbols not found in any other font on your system.
If you have patched fonts on your system they might be used instead for NERD
symbols, so to force kitty to use the pure NERD font for NERD symbols,
add the following line to :file:`kitty.conf`::
# Nerd Fonts v3.2.0