BlexMono: doesn't work in Windows

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🗹 Requirements

• [x] I have searched the issues for my issue and found nothing related and/or helpful
• [x] I have searched the FAQ for help
• [x] I have searched the Wiki for help

🎯 Subject of the issue

Experienced behavior:

Expected behavior:

Was hoping to install the font. I think I have in the past.

🔧 Your Setup

• Which font are you using (e.g. Anonymice Powerline Nerd Font Complete.ttf)?
  • BlexMonoNerdFont-Bold.ttf
• Where did you get the file from (download link, self patched, source downloaded from link...)
  • https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v3.2.0/IBMPlexMono.zip
• Which terminal emulator are you using (e.g. iterm2, urxvt, gnome, konsole)?
  • vscode/Windows 11
• Are you using OS X, Linux or Windows? And which specific version or distribution?
  • Windows 11

[Finii]

Sorry to hear that there is a problem!

It seems I can not reproduce, at least on Windows 10:

Superficial checks on Linux did not yield anything strange, and also Apple's FontBook validation is all-green:

Could you install the font? Is it visible in the Fonts Settings dialogue? (see my screenshot) What is this 'Windows Font Viewer', how can I start that? Why is the extracted font not in a subdirectory? Can you show a screenshot of the font file in Windows Explorer (to see the size etc)

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Installing the font gives the same error. "Windows Font Viewer" is what comes up if you just double-click the font. That font isn't in a subdirectory because I downloaded it raw from GitHub.

However, I think I know what the actual problem is. This is a corporate-controlled machine and I recall having issues installing fonts on these in the past, I think it's some group policy setting that I need my IT to change.

[Finii]

Maybe you should try downloading the zip or xz archive, unpack that, and try that font.

Your font has a different size. Images from your and my screenshots:

And in the repo:

2.06 MB * 1024 = 2,109.4 kB

Downloading it...

Something does indeed seem corrupt with that file; broken whilst downloading?

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Size in detail

One file 'in repo', one file downloaded from repo out ouf the ~three~ tree, one file from the archive

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I have redownloaded the zip and had the same issue.

I downloaded it again on a different Windows 11 machine and it installed fine.

I'm pretty sure this is some sort of permissions problem specific to my machine. I apologize for bothering you with this.

[Finii]

No Problem! Glad you could find the reason, or at least make it work on some other machine.  You could of course try the unpatched font, if that could be installed.  I could try on Windows 11 only when I wrestle the game laptop from my youngest kid :grimacing:

Fini

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I have redownloaded the zip and had the same issue. I downloaded it again on a different Windows 11 machine and it installed fine. I'm pretty sure this is some sort of permissions problem specific to my machine. I apologize for bothering you with this. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: @.***>