feat: auto-install a Nerd Font per-user when none is present

Making the installer a turnkey package means a fresh PC should end up render-ready without manual font setup or an elevated prompt. The font is placed in the per-user store and registered under HKCU so no admin rights are required, and a failed download stays non-fatal because the statusline already renders through the OS emoji fallback. Detection matches both the spaced and unspaced registry naming so a second run correctly skips the download instead of re-copying a font file that is locked while in use.
2026-11-15 15:43:03 +01:00 · 2026-07-18 15:58:41 +02:00
parent cbb5f00b65
commit c239e19145
2 changed files with 124 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ with a single command.
 - An **emoji-capable terminal font** so `🤖 ⚡ 🧠 █░` render. **No Nerd Font
  required** — the statusline deliberately uses only standard Unicode (emoji +
  block-drawing chars), never Nerd-Font private-use glyphs. Windows Terminal
-  renders them via `Segoe UI Emoji` out of the box.
+  renders them via `Segoe UI Emoji` out of the box. As a safety net the
+  installer nevertheless installs a Nerd Font (Hack, ~17 MB) **per-user, no
+  admin rights** if none is present — see below.

 ### Install on a new PC

@@ -42,10 +44,23 @@ The installer is **idempotent** — run it again anytime. It auto-detects the
 existing `settings.json` **without** overwriting your other settings (a
 `.bak` backup is written first).

+### Nerd Font (automatic, no admin)
+
+If no Nerd Font is detected, the installer downloads one from
+[ryanoasis/nerd-fonts](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) and installs it
+into the **per-user** font store (`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts` +
+`HKCU`), so **no administrator rights** are needed. If a download fails (e.g. no
+internet), the step is skipped and the statusline still works via the emoji
+fallback. To actually *use* the font, set it as your terminal font and restart
+the terminal — the statusline renders correctly either way.
+
 ### Options

 - `.\install.ps1 -Force` — also overwrite an existing `~/.config/cship.toml`
  (by default an existing config is kept, so local tweaks survive).
+- `.\install.ps1 -SkipFont` — skip the Nerd-Font check/install entirely.
+- `.\install.ps1 -FontName FiraCode` — install a different Nerd Font
+  (default `Hack`; e.g. `FiraCode`, `CascadiaCode`, `JetBrainsMono`).

 ### Updating the kit

@@ -81,7 +96,9 @@ einem einzigen Befehl auf jeden Windows-PC installiert.
 - Ein **emoji-fähiger Terminal-Font**, damit `🤖 ⚡ 🧠 █░` dargestellt werden.
  **Kein Nerd-Font nötig** — die Statusline nutzt bewusst nur Standard-Unicode
  (Emoji + Block-Zeichen), keine Nerd-Font-Privatzeichen. Windows Terminal
-  rendert sie standardmäßig über `Segoe UI Emoji`.
+  rendert sie standardmäßig über `Segoe UI Emoji`. Als Sicherheitsnetz
+  installiert der Installer dennoch einen Nerd-Font (Hack, ~17 MB) **per-user,
+  ohne Admin-Rechte**, falls keiner vorhanden ist — siehe unten.

 ### Installation auf einem neuen PC

@@ -98,11 +115,25 @@ Der Installer ist **idempotent** — jederzeit erneut ausführbar. Er erkennt de
 eine vorhandene `settings.json` ein, **ohne** deine anderen Einstellungen zu
 überschreiben (vorher wird ein `.bak`-Backup geschrieben).

+### Nerd-Font (automatisch, ohne Admin)
+
+Wird kein Nerd-Font erkannt, lädt der Installer einen von
+[ryanoasis/nerd-fonts](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) und installiert
+ihn in den **benutzereigenen** Font-Speicher (`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts`
+ `HKCU`) — **ohne Administrator-Rechte**. Schlägt der Download fehl (z. B. kein
+Internet), wird der Schritt übersprungen und die Statusline funktioniert dank
+Emoji-Fallback trotzdem. Um den Font tatsächlich zu *nutzen*, ihn als
+Terminal-Font einstellen und das Terminal neu starten — die Statusline wird so
+oder so korrekt dargestellt.
+
 ### Optionen

 - `.\install.ps1 -Force` — überschreibt zusätzlich eine vorhandene
  `~/.config/cship.toml` (standardmäßig wird eine bestehende Config behalten,
  damit lokale Anpassungen erhalten bleiben).
+- `.\install.ps1 -SkipFont` — überspringt die Nerd-Font-Prüfung/-Installation.
+- `.\install.ps1 -FontName FiraCode` — installiert einen anderen Nerd-Font
+  (Standard `Hack`; z. B. `FiraCode`, `CascadiaCode`, `JetBrainsMono`).

 ### Kit aktualisieren

@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param(
    # Overwrite an existing cship.toml even if one is already present.
-    [switch]$Force
+    [switch]$Force,
+
+    # Skip the Nerd-Font check/install entirely.
+    [switch]$SkipFont,
+
+    # Nerd Font to install if none is present (matches a ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
+    # release asset name). Default 'Hack' is small (~17 MB); others: FiraCode,
+    # CascadiaCode, JetBrainsMono (large, ~123 MB), SpaceMono, Meslo.
+    [string]$FontName = 'Hack'
 )

 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
@@ -19,6 +27,78 @@ function Write-Step { param($m) Write-Host "  $m" -ForegroundColor Cyan }
 function Write-Ok   { param($m) Write-Host "  OK  $m" -ForegroundColor Green }
 function Write-Warn { param($m) Write-Host "  !!  $m" -ForegroundColor Yellow }

+# Install a Nerd Font for the current user only (no admin rights): drop the .ttf
+# files into the per-user font store and register them under HKCU. Available to
+# apps launched after a terminal restart. Any failure is non-fatal — the
+# statusline renders via the OS emoji fallback regardless.
+function Install-NerdFont {
+    param([string]$FontName)
+
+    $installed = @()
+    foreach ($k in @(
+            'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts',
+            'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts')) {
+        if (Test-Path $k) { $installed += (Get-Item $k).Property }
+    }
+    # Match both "Hack Nerd Font" (double-click install) and "HackNerdFont-..."
+    # (the per-user name we register from the file stem).
+    if ($installed | Where-Object { $_ -match 'Nerd\s*Font' }) {
+        Write-Ok "A Nerd Font is already installed - skipping font download."
+        return
+    }
+
+    $family = "$FontName Nerd Font"
+    Write-Step "No Nerd Font found. Installing '$family' for the current user (no admin needed)..."
+    try {
+        [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
+    } catch { }
+
+    $url = "https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/$FontName.zip"
+    $tmp = Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ('nf_' + [guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $tmp | Out-Null
+    $zip = Join-Path $tmp 'font.zip'
+
+    try {
+        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $zip -UseBasicParsing
+        Expand-Archive -Path $zip -DestinationPath $tmp -Force
+    } catch {
+        Write-Warn "Font download/extract failed: $($_.Exception.Message)"
+        Write-Warn "Skipping font install - the statusline still works via emoji fallback."
+        Remove-Item $tmp -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        return
+    }
+
+    # Prefer the base variant (single-width spacing files carry 'Mono'/'Propo').
+    $ttfs = Get-ChildItem $tmp -Recurse -Filter '*.ttf' | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'NerdFont-' }
+    if (-not $ttfs) { $ttfs = Get-ChildItem $tmp -Recurse -Filter '*.ttf' }
+
+    $fontDir = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'Microsoft\Windows\Fonts'
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $fontDir | Out-Null
+    $regKey = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts'
+    if (-not (Test-Path $regKey)) { New-Item -Path $regKey -Force | Out-Null }
+
+    $count = 0
+    foreach ($ttf in $ttfs) {
+        $dest = Join-Path $fontDir $ttf.Name
+        try {
+            Copy-Item $ttf.FullName $dest -Force -ErrorAction Stop
+        } catch {
+            # A file already in use (loaded by a running app) is fine - it exists.
+            if (-not (Test-Path $dest)) { throw }
+        }
+        New-ItemProperty -Path $regKey -Name "$($ttf.BaseName) (TrueType)" -Value $dest -PropertyType String -Force | Out-Null
+        $count++
+    }
+    Remove-Item $tmp -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+    if ($count -gt 0) {
+        Write-Ok "Installed $count '$family' file(s) into the per-user font store."
+        Write-Warn "To use them, set your terminal font to '$family' and restart the terminal."
+    } else {
+        Write-Warn "Archive contained no .ttf files - font skipped."
+    }
+}
+
 Write-Host "`nClaude Code statusline installer" -ForegroundColor White

 # --- Target locations -------------------------------------------------------
@@ -82,9 +162,17 @@ if ($settings.PSObject.Properties.Name -contains 'statusLine') {
 $settings | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 20 | Set-Content $settingsPath -Encoding UTF8
 Write-Ok "settings.json statusLine wired to detected pwsh"

+# --- 6. Nerd Font (safety net, per-user) ------------------------------------
+if ($SkipFont) {
+    Write-Warn "Font step skipped (-SkipFont)."
+} else {
+    Install-NerdFont -FontName $FontName
+}
+
 # --- Post-install notes -----------------------------------------------------
 Write-Host "`nDone." -ForegroundColor Green
 Write-Host "Notes:" -ForegroundColor White
-Write-Host "  ->  Icons use standard Unicode (emoji + block chars), so no Nerd Font is needed."
-Write-Host "      Any emoji-capable terminal font works (Windows Terminal renders them via Segoe UI Emoji by default)."
+Write-Host "  ->  The statusline itself needs no special font - its icons are standard Unicode"
+Write-Host "      (emoji + block chars) that render via the OS emoji fallback. The Nerd Font above"
+Write-Host "      is an optional safety net for the widest glyph coverage."
 Write-Host "  Restart Claude Code (or start a new session) to see the statusline.`n"