Kitty Icons not fixed with flavor

[StayPure]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux Wayland

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.45.0

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 26.1.4 (Arch Linux 2026-01-04)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.92.0 (ded5c06c 2025-12-08)

Ya
    Version: 26.1.4 (Arch Linux 2026-01-04)

Config
    Yazi             : /home/Pure/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Keymap           : /home/Pure/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Theme            : /home/Pure/.config/yazi/theme.toml (102 chars)
    VFS              : /home/Pure/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Package          : /home/Pure/.config/yazi/package.toml (567 chars)
    Dark/light flavor: "catppuccin-frappe" / ""

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-kitty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), version: "kitty(0.45.0)", light: false, csi_16t: (20, 33), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Kgp
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 31, columns: 94, width: 1880, height: 1023 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("ab1d80f3d6aebd57a0971b53a1993b1c1dfe0b09_1768434466_1704776847")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/usr/bin/zsh")
    EDITOR             : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL             : Some("nvim")
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : Some("\n    \n    --color fg:7,bg:0,hl:1,fg+:232,bg+:1,hl+:255\n    --color info:7,prompt:2,spinner:1,pointer:232,marker:1\n")
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.0.1 / 8.0.1
    pdftoppm      : 26.01.0
    magick        : 7.1.2-12
    fzf           : 0.67.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.3.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 15.1.0
    chafa         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    zoxide        : 0.9.8
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 25.01
    resvg         : 0.46.0
    jq            : 1.8.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain

Describe the question

Hello, I'm trying to get the icons on kitty to be the correct size from what I read the best/easiest way to do that is to use a flavor so I installed a couple but none of them seem to fix the issue. I would rather just have my terminal's color scheme so I was planning to install the flavor and work backwards to get the icons and my desired scheme but I'm currently stuck. Not sure if anyone else has had this issue or if this is some weirdness with my set up, but any help would be appreciated.

Anything else?

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[hankertrix]

This might be an issue with your font, as I'm not facing any issues using Maple Mono on Kitty. There is also no need to install flavours to get icons to behave in Kitty.

Make sure you are using the regular Nerd font variant, not Propo or Mono. For Mono, the icons will be displayed smaller.

[StayPure]

That seems to work, Thanks. You seem to be using a mono font too, Is it working fine for that one?

[hankertrix]

Oh, my font isn't actually a Mono font, Maple Mono is the actual name of the font.

But yes, the Mono version of Nerd fonts work just fine, it's just that there will be extra spacing where the icons should be since it's taking up only 1 character rather than 2, and the icons are smaller. Otherwise, the font should work just fine.

The regular version of Nerd fonts should be used in terminals most of the time. Mono font is usually used when the terminal doesn't display the regular Nerd fonts properly, which is usually the case for embedded terminals like Firenvim, or if you just want smaller icons. Propo font should be used for GUIs like your bar and other GUI applications.