what's the unicode char for the giant triangles?

like100ninjas · 08-15-2015, 03:36 AM

the ones people use in prompts and on status bars etc? the one that makes the background color look like a giant arrow? i tried google.

edit: the reason i can't find it might be my font idk.

astrogeek · 08-15-2015, 03:53 AM

Hmmm... most of those are actual images I think.

Maybe if you could find an example of what you mean on a site somewhere and look at the page source, or copy and paste one and you can see if it is a unicode character or an image.

like100ninjas · 08-15-2015, 03:59 AM

i dunno', maybe different fonts. unless there's a way to put images in your shell prompt. like the giant triangles in powerline that make the background color look like an arrow.

edit: i just use normal old zsh, but like the 'agnoster' theme in oh-my-zsh. i've seen people make lemonbar look like that too. where the background color extends to a point because of some sort of giant triangle thing.

DavidMcCann · 08-15-2015, 11:00 AM

Look in your menu for a character picker, like gucharmap, and search for triangle. There are lots in the Geometric Shapes and Dingbats sections.

goumba · 08-15-2015, 11:49 AM

According to this page, they're specially patched fonts:

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/themes

astrogeek · 08-15-2015, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by like100ninjas

i dunno', maybe different fonts. unless there's a way to put images in your shell prompt. like the giant triangles in powerline that make the background color look like an arrow.

edit: i just use normal old zsh, but like the 'agnoster' theme in oh-my-zsh. i've seen people make lemonbar look like that too. where the background color extends to a point because of some sort of giant triangle thing.

I thought you were talking about web site content.

HAHA! Then I guess I really am a relic... powerline, agnoster, lemonbar... never heard of them! Sounds more like an assortment of energy bars from the 7-11 candy rack

I'll defer to others.