Hi, I'm trying to get Font Awesome 5 to work for me, but it only almost does.
Wolfgang's code works and I get a nice list of symbols for all three variations, so ConTeXt obviously finds the font. But when I try to use a single symbol, ConTeXt prints the symbol name instead of the symbol. There must be something I'm overlooking, but I don't know what. Wiki wasn't very helpful, although we do have an entry on symbols (Font Awesome, on the other hand, isn't mentioned anywhere on the wiki). I tried with \symbol[fontawesome-regular][credit-card] (at the end of my file) and a few variants thereof, but couldn't get the symbol. What am I doing wrong? What have I missed? TIA, Mari On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 4:45 PM Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Aditya Mahajan schrieb am 07.10.18 um 15:26: > > Hi, > > > > There is a FontAwesome.otf file that is distributed with ConTeXt > > minimals. Does anyone know what version (4 or 5) of the font it is? I > > am asking because the names of the symbols used in the font do not > > match those on the font-awesome website. For example, using > > > > \showsymbolset[fontawesome] > > The distribution includes version 4.7. > > > I get that the symbol for "utensils" > > (https://fontawesome.com/icons/utensils?style=solid) is actually > > mapped to "food" in ConTeXt. Since the names of the symbols are now > > taken from the font, my guess is that the distribution has an old > > version of the font (also because it is a single font rather than three). > > > > Would it make sense to update the fonts in the distribution? If not, > > then simply remove the old version of the fonts? > > > > Also, don't we need to update the symb-imp-fontawesome.mkiv file to > > work with the new symbols. Font awesome has split the fonts into three > > (https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-desktop/setup/getting-started): > > > > Solid, Regular, and Brands. (There are also pro version of the fonts). > > The simplest way to use them will be to have three symbolsets > > (fontawesome, fontawesome-solid, and fontawesome-brands), where the > > names are taken from the fonts. > > > > In the meanwhile, Hraban has painstakenly written out the mappings by > > hand, but the automatic mapping might be simpler (and more future proof). > > https://github.com/fiee/ConTeXt/blob/master/symbols/symb-awesome5.mkiv > > While I have no problem replacing the old symbols you can support both > when you use new set names for the new version (even for the regular style). > > > \definefontsynonym [FontAwesomeBrands] > [file:fontawesome5brandsregular400.otf] > \definefontsynonym [FontAwesomeRegular] > [file:fontawesome5freeregular400.otf] > \definefontsynonym [FontAwesomeSolid] [file:fontawesome5freesolid900.otf] > > \startsymbolset [fontawesome-brands] [font=FontAwesomeBrands] > % Font Awesome Brands > \stopsymbolset > > \startsymbolset [fontawesome-regular] [font=FontAwesomeRegular] > % Font Awesome Regular > \stopsymbolset > > \startsymbolset [fontawesome-solid] [font=FontAwesomeSolid] > % Font Awesome Solid > \stopsymbolset > > \starttext > > \startnamedsection [title] [title={Font Awesome Brands}] > \showsymbolset [fontawesome-brands] > \stopnamedsection > > \startnamedsection [title] [title={Font Awesome Regular}] > \showsymbolset [fontawesome-regular] > \stopnamedsection > > \startnamedsection [title] [title={Font Awesome Solid}] > \showsymbolset [fontawesome-solid] > \stopnamedsection > > \stoptext > > > Wolfgang > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________
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