# gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts

Tools and instructions on how to have awesome symbols in a terminal with a monospace font

Repository: https://github.com/gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-terminal-fonts
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-01-16T06:56:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4891, "days_push": 960, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2524, forks 230 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.466577+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of tools, fonts, and instructions for displaying awesome symbols and glyphs in a terminal with a monospace font. It provides font maps that let shell scripts reference glyphs by name instead of raw codepoints, supporting both font patching and freetype2 fallback strategies.

## Use cases
- make my terminal prompt show fancy icons
- add powerline symbols to my shell prompt
- use font awesome glyphs in terminal scripts
- merge icon fonts with my monospace font
- refer to glyphs by name instead of unicode codepoints
- set up font fallback for symbols in terminal

## When to choose
- you want a visually rich terminal prompt with icons and symbols
- you need stable, named references to glyphs that survive font updates
- you want guidance on patching vs fallback strategies for terminal fonts

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose font management tool
- you want pre-patched fonts for a specific framework like powerline or nerd fonts
- you don't customize your shell prompt or terminal appearance

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, terminal-ui, documentation
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: terminal-fonts, shell-prompt, glyphs, font-patching, font-fallback, powerline, font-maps, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.466577+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:33.072267+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gabrielelana/awesome-terminal-fonts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.466577+00:00, sha 88e57d376938)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.