document how MesloLGS NF was created

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romkatv 5 years ago
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### <a name='recommended-meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k'></a>Meslo Nerd Font patched for Powerlevel10k
Gorgeous monospace font designed by Jim Lyles for Apple, customized by André Berg, patched by Ryan
L McIntyre of Nerd Fonts, and hand-edited in FontForge by yours truly. Contains all glyphs and
symbols that Powerlevel10k may need. Battle-tested in dozens of different terminals on all major
operating systems.
Gorgeous monospace font designed by Jim Lyles for Bitstream, customized by the same for Apple,
further customized by André Berg, and finally patched by yours truly with customized scripts
originally developed by Ryan L McIntyre of Nerd Fonts. Contains all glyphs and symbols that
Powerlevel10k may need. Battle-tested in dozens of different terminals on all major operating
systems.
#### Automatic font installation
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Syntax highlighting, where present, was provided by [zsh-syntax-highlighting](
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting).
### How was the recommended font created?
[The recommended font](#meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k) is the product of many
individuals. Its origin is *Bitstream Vera Sans Mono*, which has given birth to *Menlo*, which in
turn has spawned *Meslo*. Finally, extra glyphs have been added to *Meslo* with scripts forked
from Nerd Fonts.
MesloLGS NF font can be recreated with the following command (requires `git` and `docker`):
```zsh
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/nerd-fonts.git
cd nerd-fonts
./build 'Meslo/S/*'
```
If everything goes well, four `ttf` files will appear in `./out`.
## Troubleshooting
### Question mark in prompt
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- [Is there an AUR package for Powerlevel10k?](#is-there-an-aur-package-for-powerlevel10k)
- [What is the minimum supported Zsh version?](#what-is-the-minimum-supported-zsh-version)
- [How were these screenshots and animated gifs created?](#how-were-these-screenshots-and-animated-gifs-created)
- [How was the recommended font created?](#how-was-the-recommended-font-created)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [Question mark in prompt](#question-mark-in-prompt)
- [Icons, glyphs or powerline symbols don't render](#icons-glyphs-or-powerline-symbols-dont-render)

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