Generate FontAwesome.Sharp.dll for FA Pro?

[AlexCDionne]

Hello,

I've tried following the instructions from: https://github.com/awesome-inc/FontAwesome.Sharp/issues/15

It seems to be a tad outdated perhaps? Are there any updated instructions for this by chance? I'm trying to replace a previous FontAwesome.Sharp.dll file (v.5.9) with a new one (v.6.2.1), but when I do, all the fonts are invisible, despite following the instructions in that issue linked above.

Note: I'm trying to use Font Awesome Pro v.6.2.1.

Thanks in advance.

[mkoertgen]

Hi @AlexCDionne ,

I am not a licensee of the pro-fonts myself. The prebuilt package tries to extrapolate some things from the free ones.

Every once in a while someone comes along using the pro-fonts and then we integrate eventual changes and bring it back in sync.

This is usually done by following the remarks in the FAQ

• https://github.com/awesome-inc/FontAwesome.Sharp#using-fontawesome-pro

Would you mind trying out those steps? I would love to accept a PR with changes related to the pro-fonts.

[AlexCDionne]

Hey @mkoertgen,

Thanks for the reply.

I've been looking at all the documentation listed so far in this repository, but not having any luck. There's a few things I'll be doing/testing however, and hopefully I can get it to work.

If there's anything specific you find out about the pro version though, please feel free to add a comment on here regarding it and I'll take a look.

[toristorii]

I have a pro license too, and am trying to use FontAwesome.Sharp.Pro without success (although I can use FontAwesome.Sharp just fine). I've spent a lot of time reading on here and trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong, and the only thing I'm left wondering about is that I do not have pro TTFs, I have pro .OTF's, and cannot find pro-version TTFs. Could that be why we cannot get things working?

[mkoertgen]

Hi @toristorii ,

Yes, the library is built on using the truetype-fonts. They should be available with your pro-license.

[mkoertgen]

Hi @AlexCDionne ,

I am happy to help and can take a look on the pro-TTFs, in case you need a leg up for getting things to work. Feel free to reach out by email.

[mkoertgen]

@toristorii just submitted a PR updating on this. Will check for a release to be published in the next few days.

[AlexCDionne]

I managed to get a successful compile regarding the FontAwesome.Sharp.dll file I needed for my project (FA Pro 6.2.1) and will be able to elaborate a bit more soon. Perhaps tomorrow if I have the time. (I'm making documentation for my team as well, so I'll be able to provide some details on this for generating the .dll with a Pro license)

Long story short: Used fontawesome.css instead of all.css, and edited Program.cs which had "FontAwesome Free Solid" to "FontAwesome Pro Solid" or something along those lines (IconHelper file?), with some other adjustments.

I also got the TestWPF to work, which required some of the icons that were being used to be removed as they didn't work, with other minor adjustments that I think were a part of a recent commit I saw on here already.

[AlexCDionne]

Apologies for not following up with a whole set of documentation for this scenario, I've been having trouble finding the time in general, and haven't done the documentation at work.

Small things I can note for now however (in-case someone is still trying and needs help), are some things I also recall doing:

• uint -> int @ Program.cs (Since IconChar.cs is int)
• FontAwesome.Sharp/IconHelper.cs (ex. "Font Awesome 6 Free Regular" to be "Font Awesome 6 Pro Regular") (All 3 font types)

[Paul1980123]

Hi, I'm still having an issue working out exactly how to incorporate my PRO FontAwesome fonts. Could someone please provide some simple step-by-step guide. Much appreciated

[mkoertgen]

Hi @Paul1980123 ,

Sorry for the late response.

The documentation should get you going, cf.

• https://awesome-inc.github.io/FontAwesome.Sharp/#using-fontawesome-pro

Basically it's

1. Using the pro-package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/FontAwesome.Sharp.Pro
2. adding the ttf-files of the pro-font to your project as resources. Theck the sample-project on the pro-branch here: https://github.com/awesome-inc/FontAwesome.Sharp/blob/8f0f3d1c345a5356e93beb94272ff3119816a2d2/TestWpf/TestWpf.csproj#L20)

[Paul1980123]

Hi mkoertgen,

I'm still having no luck with this. I'm trying to embed the Pro icons into the DLL which i can then use in a vb.net WinForms application.

I've added the Fonts the Pro project, but note that the filename differ from the ProFonts.cs, not sure if this is the issue?

fa-regular-400-pro.ttf vs the actual Webfont downloaded from FA, fa-regular-400.ttf

When i run the FontEnumGenerator, it still only recognises 2452 icons, i was expecting more to be detected.

It's ultimately this icon i am trying to use

circle-chevron-right regular

Using the following code: Me.PictureBox2.Image = IconChar.CircleChevronRight.ToBitmap(iconFont:=IconFont.Regular, 28)

Other icons work, but it seems it's all the Pro icons i am still missing.

[Paul1980123]

Wrong duplicate image pasted above

[mkoertgen]

Hi @Paul1980123 ,

That's right, the mismatching filenames are sure an issue. Try adjusting the array.

Probably this should be made configurable. We do not own a pro license so we generally do have a hard time figuring out and getting the pro-support right.