A one-line status bar that uses Unicode symbols as icons.

Screenshot from a running system.
Please note that the above screenshot depicts its three bar parts one above the other, though they are actually shown next to each other, on the very same line. Also, the gray text was added to the screenshot in order to explain the segments; it won't be displayed by Conky itself.
# A Conky (http://conky.sourceforge.net/) configuration file # # It is suited for dark backgrounds and placed at the lower # right of the screen. It benefits of the ability to use # unicode characters which serve as some kind of icon in this # case. Works well on 1024x768 and 1280x1024 resolutions. alignment bottom_right background yes default_color white default_shade_color black double_buffer yes draw_borders no draw_outline no draw_shades no gap_x 6 gap_y 6 mpd_host localhost mpd_port 6600 no_buffers yes out_to_console no override_utf8_locale yes own_window no own_window_transparent yes total_run_times 0 update_interval 3.0 use_xft yes xftfont Monotype Arial:size=8:weight=normal xftalpha 0.8 TEXT ♫ $mpd_status: $mpd_smart ${mpd_bar 7,60} $mpd_elapsed / $mpd_length ${offset 80} ☊ ${exec amixer get Master | awk '/Front Left:/ {print $5}' | tr '[]' ' ' | awk '{print $1}'} ⬣ $cpu % ⬡ $memperc % ↯ ${battery_percent BAT1} % ⬆ ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ⬇ ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${offset 80} ${time %H:%M Uhr %A, %d. %B %Y}