Broken fonts on Alacritty

[tsuza]

Describe the bug

Broken symbols ( probably missing symbols ) on Alacritty after installing both Alacritty and the bash config file from linutil. Latest version at the time of writing.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open linutil
2. Applications Setup > Alacritty Setup & Bash Prompt Setup
3. Open alacritty

Expected behavior

It should show the correct symbols, symbols that we can see on Chris' videos. Kitty works just fine though.

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Additional context

I've read mixed things about this issue. Some people say that nerd fonts, which is used by the config of this script, are not supported on Alacritty. Elsewhere I read that it should work.

Nevertheless, whether the issue is due to Alacritty or not, the script should provide a good user experience, so I think that something could be done. [ Hopefully this is not taken the wrong way, not trying to be mean :P ]

[RazoBeckett]

The issue is that the bash prompt script installs the FiraCode Nerd Font by default, but Alacritty is set to use the MesloLGS Nerd Font. I’ve created a PR that might fix this issue. In the meantime, I suggest either downloading the MesloLGS Nerd Font from the Nerd Fonts Website or installing the FiraCode Nerd Font from the same website and updating the font in your Alacritty config, depending on your preference.

[tsuza]

The issue is that the bash prompt script installs the FiraCode Nerd Font by default, but Alacritty is set to use the MesloLGS Nerd Font. I’ve created a PR that might fix this issue. In the meantime, I suggest either downloading the MesloLGS Nerd Font from the Nerd Fonts Website or installing the FiraCode Nerd Font from the same website and updating the font in your Alacritty config, depending on your preference.

Yep, perfect, it works now. Thanks!

[RazoBeckett]

@tsuza well as your issue is solved you can close this issue ... thanks!