QML Application and Font Awesome

msauer75

Hi,

I developed my qt qml application with qt 5.12.8 in linux and I use some icons from font awesome. In the linux application all icons are displayed correctly. But if I compile the same application under windows (with the same qt version) some icons from font awesome are changed.
Do you know what I can do that all font awesome icons are displayed correctly in linux and windows?

Thank you for your help.
BR
martin

SeeLook

Under Windows Qt uses another font engine, so You might try to force using freetype - the same as under Linux.
Put qt.conf file with that content:

[Platforms]
WindowsArguments = fontengine=freetype

next to your app executable.

It does a trick for me.

For Mac Os one has to compile Qt with freetype support first.

Quang Phu

Hi @msauer75 ,
I think you should download file ttf of awesome font, then add it into your project as a resource file.
For me, It worked well with platforms (linux, ios, android,...). This is my initilization:

    property alias fontAwesome: fontAwesomeLoadder.name

    FontLoader {
        id: fontAwesomeLoadder
        source: "qrc:/assets/fa-solid-900.ttf"
    }

I put it in Style.qml.
Then when I want to use, simply use the fontAwesome
This is example:

            Text {
                id: textIcon
                anchors.centerIn: parent
                font {
                    family: Style.fontAwesome
                    pixelSize: 40
                }
                text: "\uf11b"
                color: "#eeeeee"
                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
             }

msauer75

@SeeLook

Thank you. That works

BR
martin