[SOLVED] How to know which font I am missing?

Monapp · 2025-10-12 15:13:14

I'm trying to reproduce the drawer from waybar's example here: https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:-Group but the formats used in the config file of the GIF only show squares, and it's the same in my waybar.... bar.
I already missed some fonts previously and ended up finding the right one after a few tries thanks to random persons on Internet, but with this I'm pretty sure to end up with unused fonts installed....
Is there an easy way to know which font I am missing to make the emoticon appears on waybar? (or any font that I could be missing in the future)
Here's the result of my

pacman -Q | grep font

:

adobe-source-code-pro-fonts 2.042u+1.062i+1.026vf-2
adwaita-fonts 49.0-2
cantarell-fonts 1:0.303.1-2
fontconfig 2:2.17.1-1
gnome-font-viewer 49.0-1
gnu-free-fonts 20120503-8
gsfonts 20200910-6
libfontenc 1.1.8-1
libxfont2 2.0.7-1
noto-fonts-emoji 1:2.051-1
otf-font-awesome 7.1.0-1
python-fonttools 4.60.1-1
xorg-fonts-encodings 1.1.0-1

Thanks

Last edited by Monapp (2025-10-12 20:29:42)

seth · 2025-10-12 15:37:17

The sample on that pages uses nerd fonts, https://www.nerdfonts.com/cheat-sheet

Monapp · 2025-10-12 18:04:29

Neat! Thanks
How can I know it if I'm in this situation later tho?

seth · 2025-10-12 19:51:55

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

I first checked the link to see what you're talking about, then checked one of the glyphs in the sample, found it to be in the private use area (googling the codepoint would likely also tell this) what means their use isn't standardized and from there it's really just knowing that the nerd fonts widely used and checking that theory w/ the chect-sheet (which I could have skipped since they render correctly here and I only have nerd fonts covering any PUA - but I wanted to post the link anyway )

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#1 2025-10-12 15:13:14

[SOLVED] How to know which font I am missing?

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Re: [SOLVED] How to know which font I am missing?

#3 2025-10-12 18:04:29

Re: [SOLVED] How to know which font I am missing?

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Re: [SOLVED] How to know which font I am missing?

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