[ SOLVED ] Adding Custom Fonts

an4rki_ · 2022-09-20 08:09:17

Hello folks,
I am trying to install a custom terminal font on my system but it is showing up all squished up (UbuntuMono-B works just fine but monofur bold Nerd Font Complete Mono is not working correctly). I downloaded the font from here Followed this guide.I downloaded the ttf file and placed them in /usr/local/share/fonts/nerd-fonts/monofur-bold as this directory was not there by default, I created it first before moving the font file over. After that I checked for sufficient file permissions. The next step is confusing for me, i.e. adding the newly created directory to FontPath entry in the xorg.conf file. There is no such file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/xorg.conf. So I went here and ran the following command:

Xorg :2 -configure

That created xorg.conf.new in /root/

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/local/share/fonts/nerd-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "kmsdev"                    # <str>
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"               # <str>
        #Option     "PageFlip"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"               # <str>
        #Option     "DoubleShadow"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Atomic"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VariableRefresh"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseGammaLUT"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AsyncFlipSecondaries"      # [<bool>]
        Identifier  "Card1"
        Driver      "modesetting"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Card1"
        Monitor    "Monitor1"
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

I added the FilePath entry and logged back in but that did not work. What am I doing wrong here? Apologies for the bad english here it is not my first language.

an4rki

Last edited by an4rki_ (2022-09-21 05:03:55)

seth · 2022-09-20 08:13:47

Xorg :2 -configure

don't do that - it has nothing t odo w/ your font problems and static server configurations are not advisable.

That created xorg.conf.new in /root/

don't run X11 as root either.

it is showing up all squished up

This is a good moment to link a screenshot (don't embed it)
Also post the output of

fc-list | grep -i monofur

an4rki_ · 2022-09-20 08:23:51

Appreciate the quick reply @seth
Here's the screenshot and the output of fc-list:

$ fc-list | grep -i monofur
/usr/local/share/fonts/nerd-fonts/monofur-bold/monofur bold Nerd Font Complete Mono.ttf: Monofurbold Nerd Font Mono:style=bold

an4rki

seth · 2022-09-20 08:35:18

What you're seeing in the terminal is not a monospace font (and the result "normal")
The only variant installed seems to be the bold one, so make sure to have the regular and italic ones as well. That should do unless your st config is also wrong.

an4rki_ · 2022-09-21 05:03:29

Thank you @seth. Installing the regular and italic variants solved the problem.

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