From dabf5d8080e4610c177fc1a3da78ac45c55eab3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Frischmann <tobias.frischmann@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 14:12:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix brocken brail

---
 hosts/laptop/configuration.nix |  1 +
 hosts/pc/configuration.nix     |  1 +
 shared/font.nix                | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 shared/font.nix

diff --git a/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix b/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
index 1bf6bfc..9202de2 100644
--- a/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/laptop/configuration.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     ../../shared/cli.nix
     ../../shared/dev/mod.nix
     ../../shared/desktop.nix
+    ../../shared/font.nix
 
     # External modules
     inputs.hydration-notifier.nixosModules.default
diff --git a/hosts/pc/configuration.nix b/hosts/pc/configuration.nix
index d010e3d..9244a78 100644
--- a/hosts/pc/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/pc/configuration.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     ../../shared/cli.nix
     ../../shared/dev/mod.nix
     ../../shared/desktop.nix
+    ../../shared/font.nix
 
     # External modules
     inputs.hydration-notifier.nixosModules.default
diff --git a/shared/font.nix b/shared/font.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da88a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/font.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Disable default packages to prevent bad fallback fonts (like freefont_ttf)
+  fonts.enableDefaultPackages = false;
+  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+  fonts.fontDir.enable = true;
+
+  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
+    # --- Primary Monospace & Nerd Fonts ---
+    nerd-fonts.jetbrains-mono
+    nerd-fonts.fira-code
+
+    # --- System & UI Fonts (Noto / Liberation / DejaVu) ---
+    noto-fonts
+    noto-fonts-cjk-sans      # Chinese / Japanese / Korean glyphs
+    noto-fonts-color-emoji   # System-wide color emojis
+    liberation_ttf           # Metrically compatible with Times/Arial/Courier
+    dejavu_fonts
+  ];
+
+  # Force Fontconfig priority so terminal/system pick the right fonts first
+  fonts.fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
+    monospace = [
+      "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font"
+      "Noto Sans Mono"
+      "DejaVu Sans Mono"
+    ];
+    sansSerif = [
+      "Noto Sans"
+      "DejaVu Sans"
+    ];
+    serif = [
+      "Noto Serif"
+      "DejaVu Serif"
+    ];
+    emoji = [
+      "Noto Color Emoji"
+    ];
+  };
+}
-- 
2.51.2