Cannot get conky to display font character [SOLVED]

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Cannot get conky to display font character [SOLVED]

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Good Morning everyone,

I am trying to use a conky widget authored by Bleys. In his the double counterclockwise arrow image (🗘) is showing:

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In my own conky, even though I have installed 2 fonts that contain this double arrow symbol, I do NOT get the proper display of these arrows but rather an empty thin square outline.

Why is this char showing in other people's conkys but not mine please?
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Re: Cannot get conky to display font character [SOLVED]

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The answer provided by Bleys was to perform:

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sudo apt install fonts-font-awesome
My system shows the double arrow character just fine in conky now :)
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