ofxFontAwesome

Simple list of constants to use FontAwesome in OpenFrameworks.

Includes FontAwesome version 4 and 5.

Install Instruction

Clone this repo into your addons folder
Drag ofxFontAwsome to your project
Make sure the ttf files are copied during the build stage. a. OSX: Click on your target, go to Build-Phases, add this to the Run Script phase:
cp -rf ../../../addons/ofxFontAwesome/bin/data/ "$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$PRODUCT_NAME.app/Contents/Resources" b. Windows: ?? c. Linux: ?? d. Alternative: Just drop the ttf in your bin/data folder

Examples

The examples use ofxFontStash2 to render text.

#include "ofxFontAwesome.h"; // fa4 + fa5
#include "ofxFontAwesome4.h"; // fa4 only
#include "ofxFontAwesome5.h"; // fa5 only

#include "ofxFontStash2.h"


ofxFontStash2 stash;

void ofApp::setup(){
	// each fontawesome version has a constant with the default ttf name
	stash.addFont("fa4", ofxFontAwesome4::filename); // fontawesome 4
	stash.addFont("fa5s", ofxFontAwesome5s::filename); // fontawesome 5, solid icons
	stash.addFont("fa5r", ofxFontAwesome5r::filename); // fontawesome 5, regular icons
}

void ofApp::draw(){
	ofBackground(0); 
	ofSetColor(255);
	ofxFontStashStyle style; 

	
	style = ofxFontStashStyle("fa4", 12, {255,255,0}); 
	stash.draw( ofxFontAwesome4::compress + "    " + ofxFontAwesome4::expand, style, 50, 100);

	style = ofxFontStashStyle("fa5s", 12, {255,255,0}); 
	stash.draw( ofxFontAwesome5s::align_center + "    " + ofxFontAwesome5s::bath, style, 50, 130);

	style = ofxFontStashStyle("fa5r", 12, {255,255,0}); 
	stash.draw( ofxFontAwesome5r::address_book + "    " + ofxFontAwesome5r::clipboard, style, 50, 160);
}

Produces the following output:

FontAwesome 5

FontAwesome 4

#include "ofxFontAwesome5.h"
#include "ofxFontStash.h"

ofxFontStash font_regular = nullptr;
ofxFontStash font_solid = nullptr; 

void ofApp::setup(){
		font.loadFont("fontawesome-webfont.ttf", 100);
}

void ofApp::draw(){
	ofBackground(0); 
	
	ofSetColor(255);
	font.drawString( ofxFontAwesome::compress + "    " + ofxFontAwesome::expand, 50, 100);
}

Licensing

The font itself (fontawesome-webfont.ttf) is licensed under the SIL OFL1.1, the "code" is under the WTFPL

kritzikratzi / ofxFontAwesome