Here is the step how I customize my shell font in Linux.
Download fonts#
Download Noto Sans Mono font from Google Fonts
Then, download Cascadia Code font from Microsoft.
$ wget https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases/download/v2111.01/CascadiaCode-2111.01.zipInstalling Fonts#
$ cd /usr/share/fonts
$ sudo mkdir microsoftfonts
$ cd microsoftfonts
$ sudo unzip -d . ~/CascadiaCode-2111.01.zip
$ sudo chmod -R --reference=/usr/share/fonts/opentype /usr/share/fonts/microsoftfonts $ cd /usr/share/fonts
$ sudo mkdir googlefonts
$ cd googlefonts
$ sudo unzip -d . ~/Noto_Sans_Mono.zip
$ sudo chmod -R --reference=/usr/share/fonts/opentype /usr/share/fonts/googlefonts Register Fonts#
$ sudo fc-cache -fvCheck Fonts Installed#
$ fc-match NonoSansMono
NotoSansMono-VariableFont_wdth,wght.ttf: "Noto Sans Mono" "Regular"
$ fc-match CascadiaCode
CascadiaCode.ttf: "Cascadia Code" "Regular"Change Fonts#
Debian/Ubuntu#
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setupLinux Console#
Edit the file /etc/default/console-setup:
# CONFIGURATION FILE FOR SETUPCON
# Consult the console-setup(5) manual page.
ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]"
CHARMAP="UTF-8"
CODESET="Uni2"
#FONTFACE="Fixed"
FONTFACE="Noto Sans Mono"
FONTSIZE="8x16"
VIDEOMODE=
# The following is an example how to use a braille font
# FONT='lat9w-08.psf.gz brl-8x8.psf'
