Install Hack Nerd Font
On Windows
Download from the official nerd fonts website
- Hack Nerd Font v2.1.0
- Unzip the file
- In an explorer select all the ttf files, right click and select
install
(https://richardspowershellblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/special-folders/)
$FontUrl = "https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.1.0/Hack.zip"
$TempFile = "$env:TEMP\Hack.zip"
$TempFontFolder = "$env:TEMP\Nerd-Fonts-Hack"
curl -o $TempFile $FontUrl
Expand-Archive -Path $TempFile -DestinationPath $TempFontFolder
$FontComObject = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).Namespace(0x14)
Get-ChildItem -Path $TempFontFolder -Include '*.ttf','*.ttc','*.otf' -Recurse | ForEach {
If (-not(Test-Path "C:\Windows\Fonts\$($_.Name)")) {
$FontComObject.CopyHere($_.FullName, 0x10)
}
}
On Ubuntu
Download the Nerd Font zip
Unzip and copy to ~/.local/share/fonts
Run the command fc-cache -f -v to manually rebuild the font cache.
Check they are installed correctly by running fc-list
sudo apt install unzip wget
wget https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.1.0/Hack.zip
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
unzip Hack.zip -d ~/.local/share/fonts
rm Hack.zip
fc-cache -f -v
On Alpine Linux
sudo apk add nerd-fonts
Setup Visual Studio Code
Go to Settings and change terminal.integrated.fontFamily value to Hack Nerd Font
Windows - PowerShell 7 - Oh My Posh
Install a pretty prompt.
Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser
Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck -AllowPrerelease
Then run “notepad $PROFILE” and add these lines to the end:
Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module oh-my-posh
Set-Theme Agnoster
Source a blog post from Scott Hanselman
Linux (Ubuntu) - ZSH - Oh My Zsh
Install ZSH.
sudo apt install zsh
Install Oh My Zsh.
sudo apt install git-core curl fonts-powerline
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Install powerlevel9k theme.
git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k
Edit .zshrc and set the theme.
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k"
Setup default WSL Terminal
Deprecated :-) use the new “Microsoft Windows Terminal” instead.
Click on the top right icon, then click Properties, change the font to Hack Nerd Font Mono and background colors to (12, 12, 12)
Microsoft Windows Terminal
Install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the source can be found on the Github microsoft /terminal
- go to
Settingsin the profile you want - add
"fontFace": "Hack Nerd Font" - add
"fontSize": 10 - add
"colorScheme": "VS Code - Default Dark+" - add schemes section (Manual with info from this blog))
- set
"startingDirectory": "//wsl$/Ubuntu/home/fhusson"on the Ubuntu profile.
// Add custom color schemes to this array
"schemes": [
{
"name": "VS Code - Default Dark+",
"background": "#1e1e1e", // was editor.background
"foreground": "#cccccc",
"black": "#000000",
"blue": "#2472c8",
"brightBlack": "#666666",
"brightBlue": "#3b8eea",
"brightCyan": "#29b8db",
"brightGreen": "#23d18b",
"brightPurple": "#d670d6", // was BrightMagenta
"brightRed": "#f14c4c",
"brightWhite": "#e5e5e5",
"brightYellow": "#f5f543",
"cyan": "#11a8cd",
"green": "#0dbc79",
"purple": "#bc3fbc", // was Magenta
"red": "#cd3131",
"white": "#e5e5e5",
"yellow": "#e5e510",
"selectionBackground": "#ffffff"
}
],
Full settings.json file :
// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation
{
"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
"defaultProfile": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
"profiles":
[
{
// Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
"name": "Windows PowerShell",
"commandline": "powershell.exe",
"hidden": false,
"fontFace": "Hack Nerd Font"
},
{
// Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile
"guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
"name": "cmd",
"commandline": "cmd.exe",
"hidden": false
},
{
"guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
},
{
"guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "PowerShell Core",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
"fontFace": "Hack Nerd Font",
"fontSize": 10
},
{
"guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Ubuntu",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
"fontFace": "Hack Nerd Font",
"colorScheme": "VS Code - Default Dark+",
"fontSize": 10,
"startingDirectory": "//wsl$/Ubuntu/home/fhusson"
}
],
// Add custom color schemes to this array
"schemes": [
{
"name": "VS Code - Default Dark+",
"background": "#1e1e1e", // was editor.background!
"foreground": "#cccccc",
"black": "#000000",
"blue": "#2472c8",
"brightBlack": "#666666",
"brightBlue": "#3b8eea",
"brightCyan": "#29b8db",
"brightGreen": "#23d18b",
"brightPurple": "#d670d6",
"brightRed": "#f14c4c",
"brightWhite": "#e5e5e5",
"brightYellow": "#f5f543",
"cyan": "#11a8cd",
"green": "#0dbc79",
"purple": "#bc3fbc",
"red": "#cd3131",
"white": "#e5e5e5",
"yellow": "#e5e510",
"selectionBackground": "#ffffff"
}
],
// Add any keybinding overrides to this array.
// To unbind a default keybinding, set the command to "unbound"
"keybindings": []
}