On Sun, 7 Oct 2018, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> Aditya Mahajan schrieb am 07.10.18 um 15:26:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> There is a FontAwesome.otf file that is distributed with ConTeXt 
>> minimals. Does anyone know what version (4 or 5) of the font it is? I am 
>> asking because the names of the symbols used in the font do not match 
>> those on the font-awesome website. For example, using
>> 
>> \showsymbolset[fontawesome]
>
> The distribution includes version 4.7.
>
>> I get that the symbol for "utensils" 
>> (https://fontawesome.com/icons/utensils?style=solid) is actually mapped 
>> to "food" in ConTeXt. Since the names of the symbols are now taken from 
>> the font, my guess is that the distribution has an old version of the 
>> font (also because it is a single font rather than three).
>> 
>> Would it make sense to update the fonts in the distribution? If not, then 
>> simply remove the old version of the fonts?
>> 
>> Also, don't we need to update the symb-imp-fontawesome.mkiv file to work 
>> with the new symbols. Font awesome has split the fonts into three
>> (https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-desktop/setup/getting-started): 
>> Solid, Regular, and Brands. (There are also pro version of the fonts). 
>> The simplest way to use them will be to have three symbolsets 
>> (fontawesome, fontawesome-solid, and fontawesome-brands), where the names 
>> are taken from the fonts.
>> 
>> In the meanwhile, Hraban has painstakenly written out the mappings by 
>> hand, but the automatic mapping might be simpler (and more future proof).
>> https://github.com/fiee/ConTeXt/blob/master/symbols/symb-awesome5.mkiv
>
> While I have no problem replacing the old symbols you can support both when 
> you use new set names for the new version (even for the regular style).
>
>
> \definefontsynonym [FontAwesomeBrands] 
> [file:fontawesome5brandsregular400.otf]
> \definefontsynonym [FontAwesomeRegular] 
> [file:fontawesome5freeregular400.otf]
> \definefontsynonym [FontAwesomeSolid] [file:fontawesome5freesolid900.otf]
>
> \startsymbolset [fontawesome-brands] [font=FontAwesomeBrands]
>   % Font Awesome Brands
> \stopsymbolset
>
> \startsymbolset [fontawesome-regular] [font=FontAwesomeRegular]
>   % Font Awesome Regular
> \stopsymbolset
>
> \startsymbolset [fontawesome-solid] [font=FontAwesomeSolid]
>   % Font Awesome Solid
> \stopsymbolset
>
> \starttext
>
> \startnamedsection [title] [title={Font Awesome Brands}]
>   \showsymbolset [fontawesome-brands]
> \stopnamedsection
>
> \startnamedsection [title] [title={Font Awesome Regular}]
>   \showsymbolset [fontawesome-regular]
> \stopnamedsection
>
> \startnamedsection [title] [title={Font Awesome Solid}]
>   \showsymbolset [fontawesome-solid]
> \stopnamedsection
>
> \stoptext

This sounds reasonable. Could we add these definitions to 
symb-imp-fontawesome?

Thanks,
Aditya