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Windows Command Prompt and WSL Font Support

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Miguel Mota edited this page Apr 18, 2018 · 1 revision

The default font of Windows Command Prompt does not have some unicode characters unlike Linux and OSX. If you run with the default font Consolas, you will get a result like this:

screenshot

In this case, you need to change it to a Braille font:

1) Install Iosevka Font

Download 01-iosevka-1.13.2.zip

Double click to 01-iosevka-1.13.2.zip\ttf\iosevka-regular.ttf

In the prompted window, click Install.

2) Add Iosevka to Command Prompt

Open Regedit (Win+R type regedit)

Open the following subkeys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont

Add a new String value named zeros (if there is already 00, new one should be 000), and Data Iosevka:

3) Change Command Prompt Font

  • Right click to Command Prompt's bar, go to Properties.
  • Set Font as Iosevka

properties

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