Installing powerline fonts for zsh + Prezto theme

Question

I am currently using Zsh + Prezto for my scripting shell configuration. I have been using the sorin theme but am a little dissatisfied with it. I'd like to switch to the paradox theme!

It is supposed to look like this:

I'm having some trouble doing that. When I switch to the theme, the symbols aren't able to load, so I get a prompt that looks like this:

Notice the boxed question marks where there should be an edge border for the background or a branch symbol for the git branch. (Take a look at the paradox theme preview here).

I've seen here that I should install Powerline patched fonts for the symbols to load in correctly. However, as I'm somewhat unfamiliar with the process, I would love some help installing it into my Linux machine.

In the documentation, it notes I should install via pip. When I run pip install --user powerline-status, my prompt is still unable to display the symbols the way it should look.

What else must I do, after running the installation, to display this prompt correctly?

I am using a MacBook Pro with El Capitan

Answer 1

I've just done it for myself, do the following :

Run ./install.sh to install all Powerline Fonts then go to your terminal prefences, change the non-ascii fonts to 'Anonymous Pro' in Settings -> Profiles -> Text -> Font.

Reload your terminal to be sure changes are acknowledged by your system, then just try this command : echo "\ue0b0 \u00b1 \ue0a0 \u27a6 \u2718 \u26a1 \u2699", you should get the following :

Enjoy your new prompt