patch-nerd-fonts

Regular fonts are patched using font-patcher script from NERD FONTS and fontforge from FONT FORGE. Function of this script is to automate downloading and installing packages, python modules, programs and scripts necessary for font patching.

Note: This script only works on debian and debian derivatives.

Prerequisites

This is zsh script, thus zsh shell must be present on the system.

Installation

Clone this repo. In repo there is script patch-fonts which does all the heavy lifting.

Usage

If you run ./patch-fonts script available commands will be shown:

usage:
  patch-fonts COMMAND

commands:
  patch      - patch a font
  install    - install already patched font
  restore    - restore previously backed up fonts

  setup      - install neccesary programs/modules (pkg, python ...)
  check      - check if all neccesary programs/modules are installed
  clean      - remove packages which were installed by this script

note:
  command names can be abbrevated: inst, pa, ...

By running above commands you can:

• install, check for presence or uninstall necessary packages, modules and scripts
• patch regular font
• install patched font onto the system
• restore previously installed fonts

Below are shown examples of commands execution.

setup

patch

install

restore

check

clean