nerd-fonts/readme.md
ryanoasis b17a8009ac Add pomicon glyphs option to patcher and repatch all fonts
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nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher v0.3.0
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* A python fontforge command line script to patch any font
* patched-fonts folder contains pre-patched fonts provided for use with [vim-webdevicons][vim-webdevicons] [(see list below)](#patched-fonts)
## Glyph set 1
![image](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher/wiki/screenshots/v0.3.0/fontforge-glyph-set-1.png)
## Glyph set 2 (devicons from [vorillaz-devicons])
![image](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher/wiki/screenshots/v0.3.0/fontforge-glyph-set-2.png)
## Glyph set 3 (pomicons from [gabrielelana-pomicons])
![image](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher/wiki/screenshots/v0.3.0/fontforge-glyph-set-3.png)
* Particularly created for use with [vim-webdevicons] vim plugin to add glyphs (icons) as labels for files based on the filetype extension or entire path
## Usage
### Option A
Typical install of any of the [provided patched fonts](#patched-fonts)
or
### Option B
Use the provided python command line script to generate a patched font from your own font to get the additional new glyphs
See: [Font Patcher](#font-patcher) for usage
* use this option if you do __not__ want to use one of the [fonts provided](#patched-fonts)
## Patched Fonts
| Currently Included Patched Fonts (double width glyphs) | em size | status |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------------------------|
| 3270 Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Anonymice Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Aurulent Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| DejaVu Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Fira Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Heavy Data Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Inconsolata for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Input Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Lekton for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Literation Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Meslo for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Monofur for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 2400 | [OKAY] |
| M+ (MPlus) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| ProFont (Windows tweaked) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1200 | [OKAY] |
| ProFont (x11) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [FAIL] |
| ProggyCleanTT Plus Nerd File Types | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Sauce Code Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Terminess for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Ubuntu Mono Plus Nerd File Types | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Currently Included Absolute Mono Patched Fonts (single width glyphs)| em size | status |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------------------------|
| 3270 Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Anonymice Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Aurulent Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| DejaVu Sans Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Fira Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Heavy Data Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Inconsolata for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Input Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Lekton for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Literation Mono for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Meslo for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Monofur for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2400 | [OKAY] |
| M+ (MPlus) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| ProFont (Windows tweaked) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1200 | [OKAY] |
| ProFont (x11) for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [FAIL] |
| Literation Mono Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| ProggyCleanTT Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 2048 | [OKAY] |
| Sauce Code Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Terminess for Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
| Ubuntu Mono Plus Nerd File Types Mono | 1000 | [OKAY] |
## Font Install Script (Linux and Mac OS X)
> ./install.sh
### Examples
./install.sh
All fonts installed to /home/ryan/.fonts
## Font Patcher
Patching the font of your own choosing for use with the [vim-webdevicons](https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-webdevicons) vim plugin:
* requires: python2, python-fontforge package
* usage:
> ./font-patcher PATH_TO_FONT
```
usage: font-patcher [-h] [-s] [-q] [-w] font
Patches a given font with programming and web development related glyphs
(mainly for vim-webdevicons)
positional arguments:
font The path to the font to be patched (e.g.
Inconsolata.otf)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s, --use-single-width-glyphs
Whether to generate the glyphs as single-width not
double-width (default is double-width)
-q, --quiet, --shutup
Do not generate verbose output
-w, --windows, --limit-font-name-length
Limit the internal font name to a maximum of 31
characters (for safe Windows compatiblity)
```
### Examples
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf -s -q
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf --use-single-width-glyphs --quiet
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf -w
./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline.otf --windows --quiet
./font-patcher Inconsolata.otf
## Gotta Patch 'em All Font Patcher!
* re-patches **all** fonts in the unpatched directory
* mostly for Contributor/Dev use only
> ./gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher\!.sh
## License
see [LICENSE](LICENSE)
[vim-webdevicons]:https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-webdevicons
[vorillaz-devicons]:http://vorillaz.github.io/devicons/
[gabrielelana-pomicons]:https://github.com/gabrielelana/pomicons