lyrathorpe/home/sway.nix

@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ in
     # text). Only colors-dark is needed; we never set initial-color-theme=light.
     settings = {
       main = {
+        # Nerd Font: monospace plus the powerline/Nerd glyphs the tmux
+        # statusline uses (otherwise they render as blank/"?").
+        font = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font:size=11";
         # Advertise as xterm-256color so remote hosts without foot's terminfo
         # still behave (tmux re-adds foot's RGB/sync/etc. features -- see
         # shell.nix). The [main] section is the unheadered top of foot.ini.

system/machine/Darwin/configuration.nix

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 {
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
 
+  # Install the Nerd Font into /Library/Fonts so iTerm2 can use it (set it in
+  # iTerm2 -> Settings -> Profiles -> Text -> Font: "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font").
+  # Provides the powerline/Nerd glyphs the tmux statusline draws.
+  fonts.packages = [ pkgs.nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono ];
+
   # CLI tooling sourced from nixpkgs instead of Homebrew formulae. Pure library
   # dependencies are omitted; nix pulls them into closures automatically.
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

system/modules/common-nixos.nix

@@ -12,4 +12,10 @@
     git
     fastfetch
   ];
+
+  # Terminal font with powerline/Nerd glyphs. Installed on every host because
+  # the tmux statusline (which uses these glyphs) runs everywhere, not just on
+  # the Sway/graphical hosts. foot names it explicitly (home/sway.nix); the Mac
+  # installs it via the Darwin config.
+  fonts.packages = [ pkgs.nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono ];
 }