isu3ru / JFontAwesome

Unicode Mapping of all FontAwesome Icons as static Java class.

JFontAwesome

Unicode Mapping of all FontAwesome 4.3.0 Icons as static Java class. Use this class in your Java FX projects. Find more information about FontAwesome at http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/

Usage

1.Download current release of FontAwesome and extract fontawesome-webfont.ttf to your resource folder.

2.Load the font in your main class like this:

static {

Font.loadFont(YourApp.class.getResource("Resources/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf").toExternalForm(), 12);

}

3.Add stylesheet file "icons_default.css" and add it to a container like <BorderPane fx:id="MyBorderPane" stylesheets="@styles/icons_default.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">

root {
    -icons-color: rgb(61,114,114);
}

.icons {
    -fx-font-family: FontAwesome;
    -fx-font-size: 16px;
    -fx-text-fill: black;
}

4.Add unicode mapping class JFontAwesome to your project

5.Use it like this:

Button button = new Button(); // add a button to your borderpane or container
button.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 16px;"); // set size of the icon plus text
button.getStyleClass().add("icons"); // add css class
button.setText("Your Awesome Button"); // set text of the button
button.setGraphic(new Label(JFontAwesome.ADJUST)); // add FontAwesome icon