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Setup Ubuntu Mono font

How to install the Ubuntu Mono font on Arch Linux and configure it in the Alacritty terminal emulator.

Setup Ubuntu Mono font

Install the Ubuntu font family using the AUR helper yay, then enable LCD font filtering and sub-pixel rendering by creating the appropriate symlinks.

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yay -S ttf-ubuntu-font-family

ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/

Setup Alacritty

To use Ubuntu Mono in the Alacritty terminal, update the font family in its configuration file as shown below.

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104 # Font configuration
  1 font:
  2   # Normal (roman) font face
  3   normal:
  4     # Font family
  5     #
  6     # Default:
  7     #   - (macOS) Menlo
  8     #   - (Linux/BSD) monospace
  9     #   - (Windows) Consolas
 10     family: Ubuntu Mono
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