nixos-config/system/fonts.nix

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }: {
  fonts = {
    fontconfig = {
      enable = true;
      cache32Bit = true;
      defaultFonts = {
        monospace = [ "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font" "DejaVu Sans Mono" ];
        sansSerif = [ "B612" "DejaVu Sans" ];
        serif = [ "Linux Libertine" "DejaVu Serif" ];
      };
    };
    enableDefaultFonts = true;
    enableFontDir = true;
    fonts = builtins.attrValues {
      inherit (pkgs)
        nerdfonts # For all my terminal needs.
        libertine # nice text font
        material-icons # icons in my app
        b612; # sans font, very good for displays
    };
  };

  # create a cache of the font sources, often slow internet connections make it painful to
  # re-download them after a few months
  environment.etc = let
    # fonts with src attributes
    font_sources = map (v: v.src) (lib.filter (v: v ? src) config.fonts.fonts);
  in builtins.listToAttrs (lib.imap0 (n: v:
    lib.nameValuePair "src-cache/fonts/${toString n}" {
      source = builtins.toPath v;
    }) font_sources);
}