https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:32:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/ I would like to add icons to the i3 status bar but I don't want to patch i3bar.Wed, 25 Dec 2013 16:54:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3178#post-id-3178I'm using standard Unicode characters in my bar. edit: Here's a decent list to get you started (there are a LOT of Unicode characters): www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/miscellaneous_symbols_and_pictographs/list.htm Screenshot of my bar: i.imgur.com/WrQ1zkt.png (the font is Ubuntu 10)Sun, 05 Jan 2014 21:21:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3178#post-id-3178https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?comment=5009#comment-5009Can you please share your config files? Thanks!Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:32:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?comment=5009#comment-5009https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3098#post-id-3098You can use one of the impressive iconic true type font sets that are around the web to get nice looking monochromatic icons in your i3 status bar without having to patch it at all. For Arch users there are detailed instructions in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3#Iconic_fonts_in_the_status_bar. For users of other distros it's as simple as getting the correct ttf files (you can easily figure out how to do that by looking at the PKGBUILD files for Arch) and putting them under /usr/share/fonts/TTF or any location where your ttf fonts happen to be. From that point on everything stated for Arch applies ditto to any distro.Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:22:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3098#post-id-3098https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3181#post-id-3181@oscar: omit the http : // part of the linkMon, 06 Jan 2014 17:49:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3181#post-id-3181https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3183#post-id-3183I also use standard unicode characters to show some basic icons like @oscar. [Here is a link to my i3status.conf](https://github.com/andreatta/config/blob/master/i3/i3status.conf) [This is how it looks like](https://github.com/andreatta/config/blob/master/i3/i3-screen2.png) [And here you will find a comprehensive list of available unicode chars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters)Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:59:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3097/how-do-i-add-icons-to-the-status-bar/?answer=3183#post-id-3183