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Old 12-13-2016, 03:29 AM   #1
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Question Using Font Awesome in terminal


Here is how font awesome icon is displayed in terminal:
http://i.imgur.com/B59n2qD.png
and sublime text:
http://i.imgur.com/zKrcGpm.png

How can I fix font awesome icon in terminal? Is there a way to do it?
 
Old 12-13-2016, 10:31 AM   #2
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Here is how font awesome icon is displayed in terminal:
http://i.imgur.com/B59n2qD.png
and sublime text:
http://i.imgur.com/zKrcGpm.png

How can I fix font awesome icon in terminal? Is there a way to do it?
you should be able to just install your font, update cache, then go into your terminal preferences then change your font.

unless you're using something like xterm, where you'd have to edit its config file.
 
Old 12-13-2016, 11:23 AM   #3
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you should be able to just install your font, update cache, then go into your terminal preferences then change your font.

unless you're using something like xterm, where you'd have to edit its config file.
Font Awesome is installed, because I can see the icon between <span> and </span>. The problem that the icon is displayed with fixed character width and </span> after the icon overlays it.
I've tried urxvt, termite, xfce4-terminal.
 
Old 12-13-2016, 11:28 AM   #4
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Font Awesome is installed, because I can see the icon between <span> and </span>. The problem that the icon is displayed with fixed character width and </span> after the icon overlays it.
I've tried urxvt, termite, xfce4-terminal.
I hope this is what you are doing and it helps

After you get up and running, you can place Font Awesome icons just about anywhere with the

and hopefully this

http://askubuntu.com/questions/70022...-character-map

here too

gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts

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Old 12-13-2016, 11:39 AM   #5
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No, it does not help. The first link is about using Font Awesome in web browser. I need to fix displaying the icon in linux terminal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_console), not web browser. The next link doesn't contain anything related to terminal too.

Anyway, thanks.
 
Old 12-13-2016, 11:45 AM   #6
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No, it does not help. The first link is about using Font Awesome in web browser. I need to fix displaying the icon in linux terminal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_console), not web browser. The next link doesn't contain anything related to terminal too.

Anyway, thanks.
that third link I put in there has icon fonts for terminal use
 
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Terminals tend to have fixed width fonts. You might try with urxvt, rxvt with unicode extenstions. Although likely futile IMO if you're not monospace and/or bitmap font wise. Or use the gui versions of emacs / vi.
 
  


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