Inconsolata LGC: Incorrect rendering of Node.js icon (U+E718) in v3.3.0+

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Experienced Behavior

The Node.js icon (U+E718) in the Inconsolata LGC Nerd Font (specifically tested with Mono variants) does not render correctly starting from Nerd Fonts release v3.3.0. It appears as incorrect shapes both in the macOS Font Book preview and in terminal emulators.

The issue persists in the latest release (v3.4.0). The last known working version is v3.2.1.

Expected Behavior

The Node.js icon (U+E718) should render correctly as the standard Node.js logo glyph, just like it did in Nerd Fonts v3.2.1 and how other Nerd Font glyphs render in the same font file.

Example Symbols or Text

Codepoint: U+E718
Name: dev-nodejs_small or uniE618

Font Used

InconsolataLGCNerdFontMono-*.ttf

Source of Font File

• InconsolataLGC.zip v3.4.0
• InconsolataLGC.zip v3.3.0

Last working version:

• InconsolataLGC.zip v3.2.1

Terminal Emulator (and the title of the terminal window)

Ghostty

Operating System and Version

macOS 15.4.1

Screenshots

Additional context: The issue was initially noticed via the Starship prompt's Node.js module display. Font cache was cleared using sudo atsutil databases -remove and the system was rebooted, but the issue persists with v3.3.0+ fonts.

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Thanks for reporting this!

TL;DR:

The Node.js icon (U+E718) should render correctly as the standard Node.js logo glyph

1. Obviously Node-JS changed their icon and the icon you expect is gone.
2. The plain-ification of the new/current Node-JS icon is a bit weird, but as decided on at Devicons.
3. The icon you expect is still available at F0399

Evaluation

Lets see...

Hmm, this icon is already upstream, i.e. in Devicons v2.16.0 release.

It's still in their master:

Ah, it is a mistake in converting it to plain, but the original icon does not look like what you expected:

And visiting the nodejs website it seems to be the current icon, with this fat N (and not the 'js' in a hexagon what you expected):

Upstream ...

This added the icon in the form you expect:

• Node JS, Kraken JS, PostgreSQL & mongoDB devicons/devicon#5

And then it has been updated, with this strange look obviously on purpose:

• update icon: nodejs (original, original-wordmark, plain, plain-wordmark, line, line-wordmark) devicons/devicon#2011

Conclusion

It seems the plain conversion is a bit strange for my taste, but it is what upstream decided it should look like. This is not a bug (on our part). The icon you prefer is obviously outdated (from the conversation in the PR linked above).

I see nothing we can do here; if it would have been a plain-ification error I could have fixed it, but I can not change it if it is willingly how it is.

If you need the deprecated js-in-a-hexagon icon you can use the Material Design icon at F0399.

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Added a PR to fix the icons upstream

• update icon: nodejs (plain, plain-wordmark, line, line-wordmark) devicons/devicon#2418

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