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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 04 May 2015 03:47:22 +0000Off center text in status barhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/ The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: [default height](http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png) That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. [larger height](http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png) In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome [Imgur Album](http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya) Any help would be much appreciated.Sun, 03 May 2015 18:05:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/Comment by TheRoach for The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png">default height</a> That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png">larger height</a> In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya">Imgur Album</a> Any help would be much appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5936#comment-5936Sorry about your name, it's been fixed :P Thank you for your work on the fork!!Sun, 03 May 2015 22:37:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5936#comment-5936Comment by TheRoach for The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png">default height</a> That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png">larger height</a> In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya">Imgur Album</a> Any help would be much appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5935#comment-5935I just realized i only have the issue if i use font awesome. Several other fonts showed no issue. Do you still want this issue reported?Sun, 03 May 2015 22:36:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5935#comment-5935Comment by Airblader for The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png">default height</a> That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png">larger height</a> In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya">Imgur Album</a> Any help would be much appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5933#comment-5933(And my name isn't describing the picture of someone who doesn't have to go to the toilet, so please no extra "d" :) )Sun, 03 May 2015 18:55:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5933#comment-5933Comment by Airblader for The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png">default height</a> That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png">larger height</a> In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya">Imgur Album</a> Any help would be much appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5932#comment-5932Given that vanilla i3bar can't change its height, please report this as an issue against my fork on Github. For images you can use imgur or some similar service.Sun, 03 May 2015 18:54:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5932#comment-5932Comment by TheRoach for The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png">default height</a> That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png">larger height</a> In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya">Imgur Album</a> Any help would be much appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5931#comment-5931I can't seem to upload images or files. The loading icon never goes away and when i press "ok" it just stops. Any suggestions on how to show images?Sun, 03 May 2015 18:14:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5931#comment-5931Answer by TheRoach for The text in my status bar and workspace buttons floats to the top of the bar. I would like it to be centered vertically. Is this possible? I am using i3 gaps by airblader, but i recall having the same issue with vanilla i3. Here is an image of the off center text i am describing: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/nxmYAzb.png">default height</a> That is with the default height. The effect is more pronounced if i use a larger height. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/czaqCjF.png">larger height</a> In both pictures the font i was using was size 10 font awesome <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Hx9ya">Imgur Album</a> Any help would be much appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?answer=5937#post-id-5937The issue seems to be with the font i was using, font awesome. The only reason i was using font awesome was for their icons. You can set up your fonts so that there is a fallback font if the symbols aren't in the first font. So setting font awesome as a fall back font allows you to have an arbitrary font for text and font awesome for icons only. The following config lines have solved my problem. bar { font pango: Inconsolata, FontAwesome 10 } This will both center the text and display the icons you want. Sun, 03 May 2015 22:41:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?answer=5937#post-id-5937Comment by Airblader for The issue seems to be with the font i was using, font awesome. The only reason i was using font awesome was for their icons. You can set up your fonts so that there is a fallback font if the symbols aren't in the first font. So setting font awesome as a fall back font allows you to have an arbitrary font for text and font awesome for icons only. The following config lines have solved my problem. <pre><code> bar { font pango: Inconsolata, FontAwesome 10 } </code></pre> This will both center the text and display the icons you want. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5939#comment-5939Nevertheless there was a bug in the alignment of the separators which I fixed. So thanks anyway!Mon, 04 May 2015 03:47:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5930/off-center-text-in-status-bar/?comment=5939#comment-5939