Starship prompt looks different despite not modifying preset

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I downloaded a preset prompt from the Starship website but it looks different in my machine. Some characters appear smaller or misaligned despite using the font mentioned on the website (Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font).

I also tried other fonts that came pre-installed with Bluefin, increasing and decreasing the font size in gnome tweaks and installing another terminal, but it still looks somewhat off. Is there something I’m missing?

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edit: I installed two more terminals through the software center: Contour and Blackbox.

Contour displays the prompt correctly and Blackbox show some very small gaps, but they both seem to be using a different font

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Yes, its most likely the different fonts used in the different terminals that’s making it look like that.

  • Get a font from the nerd fonts website (I use the JetBrains Mono variant) and copy the font files to ~/.local/share/fonts/.
  • Then run the command fc-cache -fv to load the fonts.
  • Then make sure the terminal is using the correct font.

Konsole has a settings menu where this can be set, whereas, terminals like Alacritty, Kitty, Wezterm, etc. require you to edit a config file. Check their docs for the relevant syntax and options.

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Thanks, it seems like it was the font. I’m not sure if it’s because I didn’t download it from that website at first or because I didn’t add it to the fonts directory. But now it’s working

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