DroidSansM Nerd Font (Droid Sans Mono)
brew install --cask font-droid-sans-mono-nerd-font
v3.4.0
Monospace font patched with icons from Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and other glyph sets.
Why you might care
Essential for developers who use terminal prompts, status lines, or code editors that display file-type icons and symbols. Nerd Fonts patches popular typefaces to include hundreds of extra glyphs, making it the standard choice for customized shell themes (Powerline, Starship, Oh My Zsh) and Neovim/Vim setups.
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GitHub topics
font
font-awesome
fonts
hacktoberfest
icon-font
iconic-fonts
octicons
patched-fonts
patcher
powerline
python
shell
statusline
Links
- https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
- GitHub: ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
- Brew formula source: Casks/font/font-d/font-droid-sans-mono-nerd-font.rb
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