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hpr4383 :: Changing font in Arch Linux (Wayland)

How I changed my default font for my system.

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Hosted by oxo on Wednesday, 2025-05-21 is flagged as Explicit and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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Bash Scripting.

This is an open series in which Hacker Public Radio Listeners can share their Bash scripting knowledge and experience with the community. General programming topics and Bash commands are explored along with some tutorials for the complete novice.

font selection

Nerd Fonts - Iconic font aggregator, glyphs/icons collection, & fonts patcher

Programming Fonts - Test Drive

font installation

install font package

% yay -Sy $font_package

update font database

% fc-cache --force --verbose

verify available fonts

% fc-list | grep $font_name

change font in application configs

e.g.:

alacritty

emacs

sway

tofi


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