bitmap-fonts VS Ligaturizer

Here's a list of suitable ones. I've used leggie for things like this.

git clone https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts.git cd bitmap-fonts sudo cp -avr bitmap/ /usr/share/fonts xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/bitmap fc-cache -fv

It’s likely I used the bitmap font ‘proggy’. Here’s a link to a number of very similar bitmap fonts I use frequently across all projects, as well as programming. They’re all monospaced of course. https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts

so i'm experimenting with linux a bit before i eventually end up switching over to it sometime in the future, so i installed arch on a VM to look around. I installed terminator as my terminal of choice (or the choice of a guide i was watching), and wanted to mess around with fonts, eventually stumbling on bitmap fonts. I decided to install a repo of them here , and followed the terminal commands they showed exactly. from what i can tell all of the fonts are correctly installed because i can see them using fc-list. Upon going into the terminator preference menu, it appears none of the fonts are visible, which i can only assume to be caused by the fact that all of the fonts are .pcf or .bdf, instead of something like .ttf or .otf, which i appear to be able to install. Is there some way to enable these fonts inside of the menu, or is there a way to convert them to a usable format? I dont really have a problem switching terminals or the like if that ends up fixing it since im not necessarily attached to this one yet. TIA.

On my previous system running ubuntu I had no problem with them so I believe the fonts themselves are fine. I obtained the fonts from this repo nd also installed via package manager with same result.

Take a look at the selection here: https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts

It's the default bitmap font since I didn't add any font in my xresources but you can get more of the bitmaps here

You might find this repository interesting: bitmap-fonts

You can add the Fira ligatures to any font with [Ligaturizer][1]. Personally I use CMU Typewriter + the Fira ligatures.

[1]: https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer

If only there was a way to only use some ligatures but not others! cough https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer cough

You can also use Ligaturzier to add ligatures to fonts that don't have them. My goto is consolas + ligatures.

Those are known as ligatures. Ligatuerizer[0], which copies Fira Code’s ligatures into any font, may be of interest.

https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer

One can copy ligatures between fonts: https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer

That would remove my primary objection to Input. Seeing a broken arrow -> is ground glass in my eye; other font subtleties are a sign to me I'm losing focus.

you can get ligatures here for plex mono, my fav https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer

The font is a ligaturized font and its name is Ligalex Mono. You can find it here.