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nerd-fonts.droid-sans-mono

];|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}

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''Example'': Install <code>SourceCodePro-Regular</code>.

<syntaxhighlight lang=~~"bash"~~>font=$(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A source-code-pro)/share/fonts/opentype/SourceCodePro-Regular.otf

cp $font ~/.local/share/fonts

$ font=$(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A source-code-pro)/share/fonts/opentype/SourceCodePro-Regular.otf

fc-cache

$ cp $font ~/.local/share/fonts

# Verify that the font has been installed

$ fc-cache

fc-list -v | grep -i source

$ # Verify that the font has been installed

$ fc-list -v | grep -i source

</syntaxhighlight>

<translate>=== Install fonts in nix-shells === </translate>

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{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:

{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:

let

fontsConf = pkgs.makeFontsConf {

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bwrap: Can't make symlink at /home/username/.local/share/fonts: File exists

</syntaxhighlight></blockquote>Create a symlink in <code>XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts</code> pointing to <code>/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts</code>, e. g.

mkdir $HOME/.local/share/fonts && ln -s /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts ~/.local/share/fonts/

$ mkdir $HOME/.local/share/fonts && ln -s /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts ~/.local/share/fonts/

</syntaxhighlight>

<translate> Now you have two options.</translate>

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flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.local/share/fonts:ro

$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.local/share/fonts:ro

flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.icons:ro

$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.icons:ro

</syntaxhighlight>

<translate> And, because <code>~/.local/share/fonts</code> is linked to <code>/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts</code>, which in turn is linked to content in <code>/nix/store</code>. You need to grant flatpak applications access to the <code>/nix/store</code> directory, so that they can load fonts correctly. You may need to reboot for this to fully take effect.</translate>

flatpak --user override --filesystem=/nix/store:ro

$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=/nix/store:ro

flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts:ro

$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts:ro

</syntaxhighlight>

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flatpak --user override --filesystem=host

$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=host

</syntaxhighlight>

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Alternatively, you can expose relevant packages directly under <code>/usr/share/...</code> paths. This will also enable Flatpak to use a custom cursor theme if you have one. This solution doesn't require <code>fonts.fontDir.enable</code> to be enabled.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">

system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bindfs ];

fileSystems = let

mkRoSymBind = path: {

device = path;

fsType = "fuse.bindfs";

options = [ "ro" "resolve-symlinks" "x-gvfs-hide" ];

};

fontsPkgs = config.fonts.packages ++ (with pkgs; [

# Add your cursor themes and icon packages here

bibata-cursors

gnome-themes-extra

# etc.

]);

x11Fonts = pkgs.runCommand "X11-fonts"

{

preferLocalBuild = true;

nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [

gzip

~~mkfontdir~~

];

}

~~(''~~

~~mkdir -p "$out/share/fonts"~~

~~font_regexp='.*\.$ttf\|ttc\|otb\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf$$\.gz$?'~~

''

~~+ (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.map (pkg: ''~~

~~find ${toString pkg} -regex "$font_regexp" \~~

~~-exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/fonts" '{}' \;~~

~~'') fontsPkgs~~

))

~~+ ''~~

~~cd "$out/share/fonts"~~

~~mkfontscale~~

mkfontdir

~~cat $(find ${pkgs.font-alias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias~~

~~'');~~

~~aggregatedIcons = pkgs.buildEnv {~~

~~name = "system-icons";~~

~~paths = fontsPkgs;~~

~~pathsToLink = [~~

~~"/share/icons"~~

];

};

}

~~in {~~

(''

"~~/usr~~/share/~~icons~~" = ~~mkRoSymBind~~ (~~aggregatedIcons~~ + "/share/~~icons~~");

mkdir -p "$out/share/fonts"

"/~~usr~~/~~share~~/fonts" = ~~mkRoSymBind (x11Fonts +~~ "/share/~~fonts~~");

font_regexp='.*\.$ttf\|ttc\|otb\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf$$\.gz$?'

''

+ (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.map (pkg: ''

find ${toString pkg} -regex "$font_regexp" \

-exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/fonts" '{}' \;

'') fontsPkgs

))

+ ''

cd "$out/share/fonts"

mkfontscale

mkfontdir

cat $(find ${pkgs.font-alias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias

'');

aggregatedIcons = pkgs.buildEnv {

name = "system-icons";

paths = fontsPkgs;

pathsToLink = [

"/share/icons"

];

};

in {

"/usr/share/icons" = mkRoSymBind (aggregatedIcons + "/share/icons");

"/usr/share/fonts" = mkRoSymBind (x11Fonts + "/share/fonts");

};

~~fonts~~.packages = with pkgs; [

nts.packages = with pkgs; [

noto-fonts

noto-fonts-color-emoji

noto-fonts-cjk-sans

];

</syntaxhighlight>Note that font cache inside flatpak container may not be recreated after changes to fonts in <code>/usr/share/fonts</code>, because font cache seem to be relying on file timestamps that are missing in <code>/nix/store</code>.

</translate>

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    nerd-fonts.droid-sans-mono
 ];|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
 <translate>
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 ''Example'': Install <code>SourceCodePro-Regular</code>.
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">font=$(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A source-code-pro)/share/fonts/opentype/SourceCodePro-Regular.otf
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-cp $font ~/.local/share/fonts
+$ font=$(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixpkgs>' -A source-code-pro)/share/fonts/opentype/SourceCodePro-Regular.otf
-fc-cache
+$ cp $font ~/.local/share/fonts
-# Verify that the font has been installed
+$ fc-cache
-fc-list -v | grep -i source
+$ # Verify that the font has been installed
+$ fc-list -v | grep -i source
 </syntaxhighlight>
 <translate>=== Install fonts in nix-shells === <!--T:24--></translate>
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 <!--T:26-->
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
 let
    fontsConf = pkgs.makeFontsConf {
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 bwrap: Can't make symlink at /home/username/.local/share/fonts: File exists
 </syntaxhighlight></blockquote>Create a symlink in <code>XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts</code> pointing to <code>/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts</code>, e. g.
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-mkdir $HOME/.local/share/fonts && ln -s /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts ~/.local/share/fonts/
+$ mkdir $HOME/.local/share/fonts && ln -s /run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts ~/.local/share/fonts/
 </syntaxhighlight>
 <translate><!--T:60--> Now you have two options.</translate>
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 </translate>
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.local/share/fonts:ro
+$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.local/share/fonts:ro
-flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.icons:ro
+$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=$HOME/.icons:ro
 </syntaxhighlight>
 <translate><!--T:63--> And, because <code>~/.local/share/fonts</code> is linked to <code>/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts</code>, which in turn is linked to content in <code>/nix/store</code>. You need to grant flatpak applications access to the <code>/nix/store</code> directory, so that they can load fonts correctly. You may need to reboot for this to fully take effect.</translate>
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-flatpak --user override --filesystem=/nix/store:ro
+$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=/nix/store:ro
-flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts:ro
+$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=/run/current-system/sw/share/X11/fonts:ro
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 </translate>
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-flatpak --user override --filesystem=host
+$ flatpak --user override --filesystem=host
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 <translate><!--T:68-->
 Alternatively, you can expose relevant packages directly under <code>/usr/share/...</code> paths. This will also enable Flatpak to use a custom cursor theme if you have one. This solution doesn't require <code>fonts.fontDir.enable</code> to be enabled.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-  system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bindfs ];
+system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.bindfs ];
-  fileSystems = let
+fileSystems = let
-    mkRoSymBind = path: {
+  mkRoSymBind = path: {
-      device = path;
+    device = path;
-      fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
+    fsType = "fuse.bindfs";
-      options = [ "ro" "resolve-symlinks" "x-gvfs-hide" ];
+    options = [ "ro" "resolve-symlinks" "x-gvfs-hide" ];
-    };
+  };
-    fontsPkgs = config.fonts.packages ++ (with pkgs; [
+  fontsPkgs = config.fonts.packages ++ (with pkgs; [
-        # Add your cursor themes and icon packages here
+      # Add your cursor themes and icon packages here
-        bibata-cursors
+      bibata-cursors
-        gnome-themes-extra
+      gnome-themes-extra
-        # etc.
+      # etc.
-      ]);
+    ]);
-    x11Fonts = pkgs.runCommand "X11-fonts"
+  x11Fonts = pkgs.runCommand "X11-fonts"
-      {
+    {
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
+      preferLocalBuild = true;
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+      nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          gzip
+        gzip
-          mkfontdir
-        ];
-      }
-      (''
-        mkdir -p "$out/share/fonts"
-        font_regexp='.*\.\(ttf\|ttc\|otb\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf\)\(\.gz\)?'
-      ''
-      + (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.map (pkg: ''
-          find ${toString pkg} -regex "$font_regexp" \
-            -exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/fonts" '{}' \;
-        '') fontsPkgs
-        ))
-      + ''
-        cd "$out/share/fonts"
-        mkfontscale
          mkfontdir
-        cat $(find ${pkgs.font-alias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias
-      '');
-    aggregatedIcons = pkgs.buildEnv {
-      name = "system-icons";
-      paths = fontsPkgs;
-      pathsToLink = [
-        "/share/icons"
        ];
-     };
+     }
-  in {
+    (''
-    "/usr/share/icons" = mkRoSymBind (aggregatedIcons + "/share/icons");
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/fonts"
-     "/usr/share/fonts" = mkRoSymBind (x11Fonts + "/share/fonts");
+      font_regexp='.*\.\(ttf\|ttc\|otb\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf\)\(\.gz\)?'
+    ''
+    + (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.map (pkg: ''
+        find ${toString pkg} -regex "$font_regexp" \
+          -exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/fonts" '{}' \;
+      '') fontsPkgs
+      ))
+     + ''
+      cd "$out/share/fonts"
+      mkfontscale
+      mkfontdir
+      cat $(find ${pkgs.font-alias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias
+    '');
+  aggregatedIcons = pkgs.buildEnv {
+    name = "system-icons";
+    paths = fontsPkgs;
+    pathsToLink = [
+      "/share/icons"
+    ];
    };
+in {
+  "/usr/share/icons" = mkRoSymBind (aggregatedIcons + "/share/icons");
+  "/usr/share/fonts" = mkRoSymBind (x11Fonts + "/share/fonts");
+};
-  <!--T:69-->
+<!--T:69-->
-fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
+nts.packages = with pkgs; [
-    noto-fonts
+  noto-fonts
-    noto-fonts-color-emoji
+  noto-fonts-color-emoji
-    noto-fonts-cjk-sans
+  noto-fonts-cjk-sans
-  ];
+];
 </syntaxhighlight>Note that font cache inside flatpak container may not be recreated after changes to fonts in <code>/usr/share/fonts</code>, because font cache seem to be relying on file timestamps that are missing in <code>/nix/store</code>.
 </translate>