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Thinkredstone

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Registered: 2016-11-11

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Configuring Font Awesome - Doesn't work in waybar or anywhere else

I've installed the package:

sudo pacman -S otf-font-awesome

And tried to open a file with icons from font-awesome (using vim in my terminal, but works the same with copy-paste or cat):

This also happens with waybar (which this file is the config for).

Last edited by Thinkredstone (2024-07-13 10:22:38)

espresso

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Registered: 2023-05-15

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Re: Configuring Font Awesome - Doesn't work in waybar or anywhere else

My waybar config seems readable in foot/alacritty with (edit: correction) https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/ttf-hack/

Last edited by espresso (2025-03-13 06:03:06)

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Configuring Font Awesome - Doesn't work in waybar or anywhere else

I wouldn't expect it to work in a terminal - unless you've configured your terminal specifically to use font-awesome, which I don't imagine anyone would.

But the same could go for waybar: have you specified FontAwesome as the first option for font-face in your waybar config?  Can you post, or link to your waybar config.

Also to cover our bases, please check / post the output of the following:

fc-list | grep -i awesome

Last edited by Trilby (2024-07-25 19:12:22)

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Gilrain

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Registered: 2011-12-24

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Re: Configuring Font Awesome - Doesn't work in waybar or anywhere else

I use ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd which include font-awesome and set my editor/terminal to JetBrainsMono.
I tried setting multiple fonts for a while, but this is not supported everywhere by everything. Hence the reliance on a patched font set.

Last edited by Gilrain (2024-07-29 14:37:06)

Trilby

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Re: Configuring Font Awesome - Doesn't work in waybar or anywhere else

edit: nvm, I thought the above was a response from the OP

Last edited by Trilby (2024-07-29 12:24:42)

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