oh-my-posh/website/docs/installation/fonts.mdx

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id: fonts
title: Fonts
sidebar_label: 🔤 Fonts
---

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### Nerd Fonts

Oh My Posh was designed to use [Nerd Fonts][nerdfonts]. Nerd Fonts are popular fonts that are patched to include icons.
We recommend [Meslo LGM NF][meslo], but any Nerd Font should be compatible with the standard [themes][themes].

To see the icons displayed in Oh My Posh, **install** a [Nerd Font][nerdfonts], and **configure** your terminal to use it.

### Installation

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Oh My Posh has a CLI to help you select and install a [Nerd Font][nerdfonts] (beta):

:::caution Windows
This command is best executed as admin so that fonts are installed system wide.
In case you have no admin rights, you can install the fonts by adding the `--user` flag.
Do know this can have side-effects when using certain applications.
:::

```bash
oh-my-posh font install
```

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If you're using Homebrew, you can tap the `homebrew-cask-fonts` repository and install Nerd Fonts from there instead:

```bash
brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts                     # You only need to do this once!
brew search nerd-font                            # Search for font packages

# EXAMPLE: Install the NF version of Fira Code
brew install --cask font-fira-code-nerd-font
```

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### Configuration

Make sure to **configure your terminal** to use the font you have installed. The following sections will show you how to do this for the most popular terminals.

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:::caution Text renderer
To ensure correct rendering of the glyphs you will need to enable the option `Use the new text renderer ("AtlasEngine")` in your terminal settings.
For further details, see [here][wt-issue-8993].
:::

Once you have installed a Nerd Font, you will need to configure the Windows Terminal to use it. This can be easily done
by modifying the Windows Terminal settings (default shortcut: `CTRL + SHIFT + ,`). In your `settings.json` file, add the
`font.face` attribute under the `defaults` attribute in `profiles`:

```json
{
    "profiles":
    {
        "defaults":
        {
            "font":
            {
                "face": "MesloLGM NF"
            }
        }
    }
}
```

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When using Visual Studio Code, you will need to configure the integrated Terminal to make use of the Nerd Font as well. This can be done by changing the `Integrated: Font Family` value in the Terminal settings (default shortcut: `CTRL + ,` and search for `Integrated: Font Family` or via `Users` -> `Features` -> `Terminal`).

If you are using the JSON based settings, you will need to update the `terminal.integrated.fontFamily` value. Example in case of `MesloLGM NF` Nerd Font:

```json
"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGM NF"
```

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### Other Fonts

If you are not interested in using a Nerd Font, you will want to use a theme which doesn't include any Nerd Font icons.
The `minimal` themes do not make use of Nerd Font icons.

[Creating your own theme][configuration] is always an option too 😊

[nerdfonts]: https://www.nerdfonts.com/
[meslo]: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.1.0/Meslo.zip
[themes]: https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/tree/main/themes
[font-thread]: https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/issues/145#issuecomment-730162622
[configuration]: /docs/configuration/overview
[wt-issue-8993]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/8993