# Tried changing font to Fira Code, but lost the icons :( **URL:** \ **Category:** All WMs\ **Created:** [November 8, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649 "2021-11-08T15:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/oh_jaimito/32/38344_2.png) [@oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/oh_jaimito)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/1 "2021-11-08T15:17:23Z")
I quickly reverted back to the defaulted Iosevka but would really like Fira Code. Any pointers? And what’s the shortcut/hotkey to reload polybar after I made edits?! I did `source launch.sh &` but that’s probably not the recommended method. ---
**Author:** ![Celty](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/celty/32/34777_2.png) [@Celty](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Celty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/2 "2021-11-08T15:30:45Z")
Simplest solution is to install `lxappearance` and set the font there. As for for polybar, to reload all your bars you can do `polybar-msg cmd restart`. ---
**Author:** ![oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/oh_jaimito/32/38344_2.png) [@oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/oh_jaimito)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/3 "2021-11-08T15:33:24Z")
```auto └─> fc-list | grep Fira /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-SemiBold.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code SemiBold:style=SemiBold,Regular /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Retina.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code Retina:style=Retina,Regular /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Bold.ttf: Fira Code:style=Bold /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Light.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code Light:style=Light,Regular /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Medium.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code Medium:style=Medium,Regular /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Regular.ttf: Fira Code:style=Regular ``` 😉 Making progress. I will document here to assist others on this wild ride 😉 * * * > > > At first I tried using the ttf-font-awesome package (from the Arch package manag…er), since it failed showing all the icons I uninstalled it and manually added the otf fonts from the Font Awesome website. > Now polybar can only load the flag and clock icon. This is the console output: > > \> warn: internal/volume is deprecated, use internal/alsa instead > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f001) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f1eb) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f025) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f240) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f001) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f076) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f1eb) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f025) > \> warn: Dropping unmatched character  (U+f240) > > !\[test\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11262717/41999077-c5c4d412-7a5c-11e8-889b-57691dfbe131.png) > > This is the relevant config part: > \`\`\` > font-0 = DejavuSansMono:size=10;4 > font-1 = NotoSansCJKJP:size=10;4 > ;font-2 = FontAwesome:size=10;4 > font-2 = Font Awesome 5 Free:size=10;4 > \`\`\` > **[Fonts · polybar/polybar Wiki](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki/Fonts)** > > A fast and easy-to-use status bar. Contribute to polybar/polybar development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/oh_jaimito/32/38344_2.png) [@oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/oh_jaimito)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/4 "2021-11-08T15:39:06Z")
> [@Celty](#): > > polybar-msg cmd restart ```auto └─>polybar-msg cmd restart polybar-msg: No active ipc channels ``` That’s nothing to be concerned about, is it? lxappearance-gtk3 is already installed and Fira Code set, but it doesn’t effect polybar. ---
**Author:** ![Celty](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/celty/32/34777_2.png) [@Celty](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Celty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/5 "2021-11-08T15:48:19Z")
> [@oh\_jaimito](#): > > `polybar-msg: No active ipc channels` No. > [@oh\_jaimito](#): > > lxappearance-gtk3 is already installed and Fira Code set, but it doesn’t effect polybar. You need to specify the font in the polybar config like this: ```auto font-0 = "Iosevka Nerd Font:size=10:weight=bold;3" font-1 = "Iosevka Nerd Font:size=12;3" ``` Then, if you have multiple fonts, you also need to do it in the module like this: ```auto format-prefix-font = 2 ``` Note that for Polybar, the number is -1 so specifying font = 2 means it’s using the font listed as #1 in your configuration. If you want to use font #2 you need to set it to use font = 3. ---
**Author:** ![oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/oh_jaimito/32/38344_2.png) [@oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/oh_jaimito)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/6 "2021-11-08T16:11:45Z")
> [@Celty](#): > > polybar-msg cmd restart hhmm, doesn’t seem to properly restart. I changed this to test from false \> true, but it did not reposition. ```auto ;Put the bar at the bottom of the screen bottom = true ``` I found this on the Wiki `pkill -USR1 polybar`, and it worked, but not on all “workspaces”. ---
**Author:** ![Celty](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/celty/32/34777_2.png) [@Celty](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Celty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/7 "2021-11-08T16:21:28Z")
> [@oh\_jaimito](#): > > hhmm, doesn’t seem to properly restart. > > I changed this to test from false \> true, but it did not reposition. Works for me. I have it bound in sxhkd so I can do a quick reload whenever I alter something in the config. The alternative is running `polybar -r bar`, but you’d need to know the name of the bar you want to restart (replace `bar` with the actual name). This of course will not reload _all_ your bars, but the one you specify. ---
**Author:** ![flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/flyingcakes/32/6218_2.png) [@flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/flyingcakes)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/8 "2021-11-09T17:06:06Z")
You dont want fira code You want fira code with nerd font patch [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nerd-fonts-fira-code/](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nerd-fonts-fira-code/) ---
**Author:** ![oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/oh_jaimito/32/38344_2.png) [@oh\_jaimito](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/oh_jaimito)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/tried-changing-font-to-fira-code-but-lost-the-icons/19649/9 "2021-11-09T17:33:32Z")
> [@flyingcakes](#): > > You want fira code with nerd font patch Thank you so much for the direction. I had that on Pop OS and totally forgot about that 😉