[bug#67983] [PATCH 0/5] gnu: Nerdify Emacs.

[Jaeme Sifat]

> does the existing package work without downloading
> extra fonts?

The package works without the user having to install nonfree fonts. It 
only requires the NerdFontsSymbolsOnly archive, which is licensed under 
the expat license. There is an install script helper within the 
nerd-icons package that installs *only* the symbols and not any nonfree 
font, this ensures that the user would not have to go and possibly 
download a nonfree nerd font themselves for the package to work.

I hope this clears it up.

Nerd Font Symbols Source (download link)

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https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v3.1.1/NerdFontsSymbolsOnly.zip