Return to [FiraCode](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) ### [](#installing-font)Installing font Windows: * In the ttf folder, double-click each font file, click “Install font”; to install all at once, select all files, right-click, and choose “Install” _or_ * Use [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org): `choco install firacode` Mac: In the downloaded TTF folder: 1. Select all font files 2. Right click and select `Open` (alternatively `Open With Font Book`) 3. Select "Install Font" _or_ * Use [brew](http://brew.sh) and [cask](https://caskroom.github.io): _Not officially supported, might install outdated version_
brew tap caskroom/fonts brew cask install font-fira-code Linux: * Install a package available for your distribution following [the instructions](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Linux-instructions#installing-with-a-package-manager) _or_ * In the ttf folder double-click each font file and click “Install font”; see [“Manual Installation”](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Linux-instructions#manual-installation) if double-clicking doesn't work FreeBSD: * Using pkg(8): `pkg install firacode` _or_ * Using ports: `cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/firacode && make install clean` ### [](#how-to-enable-ligatures)How to enable ligatures You need to explicitly enable ligatures support in following editors: * [Atom](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Atom-instructions) * [Brackets](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Brackets-Instructions/) * [Cloud9](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/cloud9-instructions) * [Jetbrains' products](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Intellij-products-instructions) (IntelliJ, etc) * [Emacs](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Emacs-instructions) * [MacVim](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/MacVim-instructions) * [VS Code](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/VS-Code-Instructions) * [BBEdit](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/BBEdit-instructions) * [LightTable](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/LightTable-instructions) * [Sublimetext](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Sublimetext-Instructions) For other editors it must be enough to simply select Fira Code as your font of choice. [Full list of supported editors](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode#editor-support) ### [](#troubleshooting)Troubleshooting #### [](#1-make-sure-the-font-your-editor-displays-is-actually-fira-code)1\. Make sure the font your editor displays is actually Fira Code Easiest way is to compare the shape of `@` `&` and `r` with the reference image: ![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/285292/26971424-c609be76-4d15-11e7-8684-23e7b1c08929.png) Issues: [#393](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/393) [#373](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/373) [#227](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/227) #### [](#2-make-sure-youve-enabled-ligatures-in-your-editor)2\. Make sure you’ve enabled ligatures in your editor Consult this wiki (see above ↑) for instruction on how to do that. Issues: [#291](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/291) #### [](#3-make-sure-youre-on-the-latest-version-of-fira-code)3\. Make sure you’re on the latest version of Fira Code Consult [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) to see when it was last updated. #### [](#4-check-the-list-of-known-issues-below-)4\. Check the list of known issues below ↓ ### [](#known-issues)Known issues #### [](#hinting-issues)Hinting issues * Uneven spacing in `===` and `!==` at certain font sizes, esp. on Windows [#405](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/405) [#243](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/243) [#119](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/119) [#114](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/114) * Different height of `[]` at certain font sizes [#332](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/332) [#251](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/251) #### [](#powerline-characters-are-of-slightly-wrong-size)Powerline characters are of slightly wrong size Unfortunately this can’t be fixed for all terminals because they have different ways of calculate font metrics. See [this comment](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/44#issuecomment-187305276) Issues: [#426](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/426) [#131](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/131) [#44](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/44) #### [](#some-ligatures-work-while-some-dont)Some ligatures work while some don’t This is an issue with your editor and how it handles tokenization/syntax highlighting. Nothing can be done in a font to work around that. Report your problem to the corresponding editor’s issue tracker. * All ligatures with dashes in Visual Studio (not Code) [#422](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/422) [#395](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/395) [#360](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/360) [#273](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/273) [#259](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/259) [#233](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/233) [#220](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/220) [#196](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/196) [#181](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/181) [#157](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/157) [#99](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/99) [#43](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/43) [#32](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/32) * Ligatures in column 100 in VS Code [#403](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/403) [#397](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/397) [#372](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/372) * Atom/VS Code are known to break certain ligatures in certain syntaxes [#361](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/361) [#353](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/353) [#348](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/348) [#328](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/328) [#326](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/326) [#235](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/235) #### [](#corrupted-font-in-intellij-on-windows)Corrupted font in IntelliJ on Windows Go to `C:\Windows\Fonts` with `cmd.exe`, find and delete everything having Fira in the file name. It’s important that you use terminal commands, not Explorer. Issues: [#589](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/589) [#581](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/581) [#398](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/398) [IDEA-159901](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-159901) #### [](#anything-related-to-italics)Anything related to italics Fira Code does not have italics at all. If you see italicized glyphs it means your editor is “faking” them. Issues: [#375](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/375) [#320](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/320) [#281](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/281)