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# Use A Different Font With iTerm2
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I wanted to give [`gh-dash`](https://github.com/dlvhdr/gh-dash) a try, but
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after installing and opening it up, I was seeing a bunch of `?` characters
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where specialized font icons were missing. Their README recommended installing
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a [`Nerd Font`](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) that includes those
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icons, such as [`Fira Code`](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode).
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I was able to install `font-fira-code-nerd-font` with homebrew:
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```bash
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$ brew install font-fira-code-nerd-font
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```
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Then to get iTerm2 to start using that font, I had to change the font setting
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for my current profile.
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Under the _iTerm2_ menu is _Settings..._. From there, I clicked the _Profiles_
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section. For the _Default_ profile, I went to the _Text_ tab and under _Font_ I
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selected _FireCode Nerd Font Mono_ from the dropdown.
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That won't take effect on any current iTerm2 windows. Since I have everything
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running through `tmux`, I could close my current window, open a new one
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(`Cmd+N`), and reconnect to my existing `tmux` session. Now when I run `gh
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dash`, I see all the font icons that were missing before.
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