How to set specific font-version (e.g. Font Awesome) in i3wm config files
I use i3wm with the i3status bar. My configuration file uses "FontAwesome 10" font specification for displaying various icons in the bar. Now a new Version of Font Awesome is around. When I, as before, copy-paste the icons into the config-files they are not recognized because i3wm is sourcing the old version of the font (4.7.0).
I have installed the new version (5.7.2), however it is not used by i3wm. Can I force/specify i3 to use a certain font version? How?
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I use i3wm with the i3status bar. My configuration file uses "FontAwesome 10" font specification for displaying various icons in the bar. Now a new Version of Font Awesome is around. When I, as before, copy-paste the icons into the config-files they are not recognized because i3wm is sourcing the old version of the font (4.7.0).
I have installed the new version (5.7.2), however it is not used by i3wm. Can I force/specify i3 to use a certain font version? How?
fonts i3
asked Feb 15 at 0:49
alexalex
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I use i3wm with the i3status bar. My configuration file uses "FontAwesome 10" font specification for displaying various icons in the bar. Now a new Version of Font Awesome is around. When I, as before, copy-paste the icons into the config-files they are not recognized because i3wm is sourcing the old version of the font (4.7.0).
I have installed the new version (5.7.2), however it is not used by i3wm. Can I force/specify i3 to use a certain font version? How?
fonts i3
asked Feb 15 at 0:49
alexalex
2451314
I use i3wm with the i3status bar. My configuration file uses "FontAwesome 10" font specification for displaying various icons in the bar. Now a new Version of Font Awesome is around. When I, as before, copy-paste the icons into the config-files they are not recognized because i3wm is sourcing the old version of the font (4.7.0).
I have installed the new version (5.7.2), however it is not used by i3wm. Can I force/specify i3 to use a certain font version? How?
fonts i3
fonts i3
asked Feb 15 at 0:49
alexalex
2451314
asked Feb 15 at 0:49
alexalex
2451314
asked Feb 15 at 0:49
alexalex
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asked Feb 15 at 0:49
alexalex
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You could override your system fonts with new version installed locally. Download new font version and unpack it into ~/.local/share/fonts/. Then check that font cache is updated:
$ fc-list |grep Awesome
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Solid-900.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Solid:style=Solid
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome/FontAwesome.otf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/woff/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.woff: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Brands-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Brands,Font Awesome 5 Brands Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.ttf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
You may need to restart i3status after that.
answered Feb 18 at 15:53
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You could override your system fonts with new version installed locally. Download new font version and unpack it into ~/.local/share/fonts/. Then check that font cache is updated:
$ fc-list |grep Awesome
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Solid-900.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Solid:style=Solid
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome/FontAwesome.otf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/woff/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.woff: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Brands-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Brands,Font Awesome 5 Brands Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.ttf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
You may need to restart i3status after that.
answered Feb 18 at 15:53
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You could override your system fonts with new version installed locally. Download new font version and unpack it into ~/.local/share/fonts/. Then check that font cache is updated:
$ fc-list |grep Awesome
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Solid-900.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Solid:style=Solid
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome/FontAwesome.otf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/woff/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.woff: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Brands-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Brands,Font Awesome 5 Brands Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.ttf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
You may need to restart i3status after that.
answered Feb 18 at 15:53
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You could override your system fonts with new version installed locally. Download new font version and unpack it into ~/.local/share/fonts/. Then check that font cache is updated:
$ fc-list |grep Awesome
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Solid-900.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Solid:style=Solid
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome/FontAwesome.otf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/woff/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.woff: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Brands-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Brands,Font Awesome 5 Brands Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.ttf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
You may need to restart i3status after that.
answered Feb 18 at 15:53
anlaranlar
9921619
You could override your system fonts with new version installed locally. Download new font version and unpack it into ~/.local/share/fonts/. Then check that font cache is updated:
$ fc-list |grep Awesome
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Solid-900.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Solid:style=Solid
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Free-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Free,Font Awesome 5 Free Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/font-awesome/FontAwesome.otf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/woff/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.woff: FontAwesome:style=Regular
/home/user/.local/share/fonts/Font Awesome 5 Brands-Regular-400.otf: Font Awesome 5 Brands,Font Awesome 5 Brands Regular:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-awesome/fontawesome-webfont.ttf: FontAwesome:style=Regular
You may need to restart i3status after that.
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