font.md
Gorgeous monospace font designed by Jim Lyles for Bitstream, customized by the same for Apple, further customized by André Berg, and finally patched by yours truly with customized scripts originally developed by Ryan L McIntyre of Nerd Fonts. Contains all glyphs and symbols that Powerlevel10k may need. Battle-tested in dozens of different terminals on all major operating systems.
FAQ: How was the recommended font created?
If you are using iTerm2 or Termux, p10k configure can install the recommended font for you.
Simply answer Yes when asked whether to install Meslo Nerd Font.
If you are using a different terminal, proceed with manual font installation. 👇
MesloLGS NF font available to all
applications on your system.iTerm2: Type p10k configure and answer Yes when asked whether to install
Meslo Nerd Font. Alternatively, open iTerm2 → Preferences → Profiles → Text and set Font to
MesloLGS NF.
Apple Terminal: Open Terminal → Preferences → Profiles → Text, click Change under Font
and select MesloLGS NF family.
Hyper: Open Hyper → Edit → Preferences and change the value of fontFamily under
module.exports.config to MesloLGS NF.
Visual Studio Code: Open File → Preferences → Settings (PC) or
Code → Preferences → Settings (Mac), enter terminal.integrated.fontFamily in the search box at
the top of Settings tab and set the value below to MesloLGS NF.
Consult this screenshot
to see how it should look like or see this issue for extra information.
Note that software installed via Snap is
unable to use system fonts. If you've install Visual Studio Code via Snap, remove it by running
sudo snap remove code and install the official .deb build from the
Visual Studio Code website.
GNOME Terminal (the default Ubuntu terminal): Open Terminal → Preferences and click on the
selected profile under Profiles. Check Custom font under Text Appearance and select
MesloLGS NF Regular.
Konsole: Open Settings → Edit Current Profile → Appearance, click Select Font and select
MesloLGS NF Regular.
Tilix: Open Tilix → Preferences and click on the selected profile under Profiles. Check
Custom font under Text Appearance and select MesloLGS NF Regular.
Windows Console Host (the old thing): Click the icon in the top left corner, then
Properties → Font and set Font to MesloLGS NF.
Windows Terminal by Microsoft (the new thing): Open Settings (<kbd>Ctrl+,</kbd>), click
either on the selected profile under Profiles or on Defaults, click Appearance and set
Font face to MesloLGS NF.
Conemu: Open Setup → General → Fonts and set Main console font to MesloLGS NF.
IntelliJ (and other IDEs by Jet Brains): Open IDE → Edit → Preferences → Editor →
Color Scheme → Console Font. Select Use console font instead of the default and set the font
name to MesloLGS NF.
Termux: Type p10k configure and answer Yes when asked whether to install
Meslo Nerd Font.
Blink: Type config, go to Appearance, tap Add a new font, tap Open Gallery, select
MesloLGS NF.css, tap import and type exit in the home view to reload the font.
Tabby (formerly Terminus): Open Settings → Appearance and set Font to MesloLGS NF.
Terminator: Open Preferences using the context menu. Under Profiles select the General
tab (should be selected already), uncheck Use the system fixed width font (if not already)
and select MesloLGS NF Regular. Exit the Preferences dialog by clicking Close.
Guake: Right Click on an open terminal and open Preferences. Under Appearance
tab, uncheck Use the system fixed width font (if not already) and select MesloLGS NF Regular.
Exit the Preferences dialog by clicking Close.
MobaXterm: Open Settings → Configuration → Terminal → (under Terminal look and feel)
and change Font to MesloLGS NF. If you have sessions, you need to change the font in each
of them through Settings → right click on an individual session → Edit Session → Terminal
Settings → Font settings.
Asbrú Connection Manager: Open Preferences → Local Shell Options → Look and Feel, enable
Use these personal options and change Font: under Terminal UI to MesloLGS NF Regular.
To change the font for the remote host connections, go to Preferences → Terminal Options →
Look and Feel and change Font: under Terminal UI to MesloLGS NF Regular.
Warp: Open Warp and Navigate to Settings then Appearance. Scroll down to Text Section
and under "Terminal Font", select the MesloLGS NF font.
WSLtty: Right click on an open terminal and then on Options. In the Text section, under
Font, click "Select..." and set Font to MesloLGS NF Regular.
Yakuake: Click ≡ → Manage Profiles → New → Appearance. Click Choose next to the
Font dropdown, select MesloLGS NF and click OK. Click OK to save the profile. Select the
new profile and click Set as Default.
Alacritty: Create or open ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml and add the following
section to it:
[font.normal]
family = "MesloLGS NF"
foot: Create or open ~/.config/foot/foot.ini and add the following section to it:
font=MesloLGS NF:size=12
kitty: Create or open ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf and add the following line to it:
font_family MesloLGS NF
Restart kitty by closing all sessions and opening a new session.
puTTY: Set Window → Appearance → Font to MesloLGS NF. Requires puTTY
version >= 0.75.
WezTerm: Create or open $HOME/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua and add the following:
local wezterm = require 'wezterm';
return {
font = wezterm.font("MesloLGS NF"),
}
If the file already exists, only add the line with the font to the existing return. Also add the first line if it is not already present.
urxvt: Create or open ~/.Xresources and add the following line to it:
URxvt.font: xft:MesloLGS NF:size=11
You can adjust the font size to your preference. After changing the config run
xrdb ~/.Xresources to reload it. The new config is applied to all new terminals.
xterm: Create or open ~/.Xresources and add the following line to it:
xterm*faceName: MesloLGS NF
After changing the config run xrdb ~/.Xresources to reload it. The new config is applied to
all new terminals.
Zed: Open ~/.config/zed/settings.json and set terminal.font_family to "MesloLGS NF".
{
"terminal": {
"font_family": "MesloLGS NF"
},
// Other settings.
}
Crostini (Linux on Chrome OS): Open
chrome-untrusted://terminal/html/nassh_preferences_editor.html, set Text font family to
'MesloLGS NF' (including the quotes) and Custom CSS (inline text) to the following:
@font-face {
font-family: "MesloLGS NF";
src: url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Regular.ttf");
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: "MesloLGS NF";
src: url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Bold.ttf");
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: "MesloLGS NF";
src: url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Italic.ttf");
font-weight: normal;
font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
font-family: "MesloLGS NF";
src: url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Bold%20Italic.ttf");
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}
CAVEAT: If you open the normal terminal preferences these settings will be overwritten.
Deepin Terminal: Create or open ~/.config/deepin/deepin-terminal/config.conf and add the following section
to it:
[basic.interface.font]
value = "MesloLGS NF"
Ghostty: Open Menu → Open Configuration (Linux) or Ghostty → Settings... (Mac) and add the following line:
font-family = "MesloLGS NF"
p10k configure to generate a new ~/.p10k.zsh. The old config may work
incorrectly with the new font.Using a different terminal and know how to set the font for it? Share your knowledge by sending a PR to expand the list!