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=== Installing specific fonts from nerdfonts ===

~~The~~ <code>nerdfonts</code> package, which contains all fonts from the [https://www.nerdfonts.com/ nerdfonts] repository is quite large and ~~contains~~ a large number of fonts which ~~take~~ some time to install. If you only need a selection of fonts from the package, you can overwrite the font selection on Stable 20.09 like so:

Before Nixpkgs commit [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/de4dbc58fdeb84694d47d6c3f7b9f04a57cc4231 de4dbc5] that provides individual Nerd Fonts packages under the name <code>nerd-fonts</code>, the <code>nerdfonts</code> package, which contains all fonts from the [https://www.nerdfonts.com/ nerdfonts] repository was quite large and contained a large number of fonts which took some time to install. If you only need a selection of fonts from the package, you can overwrite the font selection on Stable 20.09 like so:

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This will cause NixOS to download only the [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/FiraCode Fira Code] and [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/DroidSansMono Droid Sans Mono] fonts from [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts nerd-fonts] instead of the whole package. The relevant names can be found by looking at the file name for your relevant font on the [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases official release page] assets.

=== Let Fontconfig know the fonts within your Nix user profile ===

Add the file <code>100-nix.conf</code> to your Fontconfig user configuration directory (usually <code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/conf.d</code>):

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">

<dir>~/.local/state/nix/profile/share/fonts</dir>

<dir>~/.nix-profile/share/fonts</dir>

</fontconfig>

</syntaxhighlight>

and run <code>fc-cache</code>.

=== Imperative installation of user fonts ===

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 === Installing specific fonts from nerdfonts ===
-The <code>nerdfonts</code> package, which contains all fonts from the [https://www.nerdfonts.com/ nerdfonts] repository is quite large and contains a large number of fonts which take some time to install. If you only need a selection of fonts from the package, you can overwrite the font selection on Stable 20.09 like so:
+Before Nixpkgs commit [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/de4dbc58fdeb84694d47d6c3f7b9f04a57cc4231 de4dbc5] that provides individual Nerd Fonts packages under the name <code>nerd-fonts</code>, the <code>nerdfonts</code> package, which contains all fonts from the [https://www.nerdfonts.com/ nerdfonts] repository was quite large and contained a large number of fonts which took some time to install. If you only need a selection of fonts from the package, you can overwrite the font selection on Stable 20.09 like so:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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 This will cause NixOS to download only the [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/FiraCode Fira Code] and [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/DroidSansMono Droid Sans Mono] fonts from [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts nerd-fonts] instead of the whole package. The relevant names can be found by looking at the file name for your relevant font on the [https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases official release page] assets.
+=== Let Fontconfig know the fonts within your Nix user profile ===
+Add the file <code>100-nix.conf</code> to your Fontconfig user configuration directory (usually <code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/conf.d</code>):
+<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
+<fontconfig>
+  <!-- Only if use-xdg-base-directories is enabled in your nix.conf; use your own $XDG_STATE_HOME in place of ~/.local/state -->
+  <dir>~/.local/state/nix/profile/share/fonts</dir>
+  <dir>~/.nix-profile/share/fonts</dir>
+</fontconfig>
+</syntaxhighlight>
+and run <code>fc-cache</code>.
 === Imperative installation of user fonts ===