How can I use the fontawesome package with XeLaTeX? [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to compile a document using fontawesome with XeLaTeX (see this template https://github.com/ReScience/ReScience-submission/tree/master/article). I have Texlive 2016 installed in Ubuntu (installed directly from Texlive's homepage - not Ubuntu repositories). Texlive's tlmgr claims fontawesome is installed. I seem to find evidence of it here:

$ kpsewhich fontawesome.map
/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/fontawesome/fontawesome.map

To debug the problem, I am trying to compile the following MWE (test.tex):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}

using the command xelatex test.tex. Where it seems to reach the critical point, the log says:

kpathsea: Running mktextfm FontAwesome
/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation F for FontAwesome.
/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/map/fontname/special.map?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome
This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded base=mf)


kpathsea: Running mktexmf FontAwesome
! I can't find file `FontAwesome'.
<*> ...our; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome

Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...our; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome

Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: FontAwesome.log: Ingen sådan fil eller filkatalog
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome' failed to make FontAwesome.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
! 
! The font "FontAwesome" cannot be found.
! 
! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
! 
! For immediate help type H <return>.
!...............................................  

I have run updmap-sys and mktexlsr, but that did not seem to help. updmap-sys said (among other things):

Files generated:
  /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap:
       15796 2017-05-10 16:22:38 builtin35.map
       21269 2017-05-10 16:22:38 download35.map
     1688569 2017-05-10 16:22:39 psfonts_pk.map
     1903381 2017-05-10 16:22:38 psfonts_t1.map
     1903376 2017-05-10 16:22:38 ps2pk.map
          14 2017-05-10 16:22:39 psfonts.map -> psfonts_t1.map
  /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap:
     1903383 2017-05-10 16:22:39 pdftex_dl14.map
     1901718 2017-05-10 16:22:39 pdftex_ndl14.map
          15 2017-05-10 16:22:39 pdftex.map -> pdftex_dl14.map
  /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/updmap:
         319 2017-05-10 16:22:38 kanjix.map

Should there have been a xelatex folder as well? What can I do to fix this?

Answer 1

fontawesome loads the font by name: \newfontfamily{\FA}{FontAwesome}. The font (fontawesome.otf) is in the texmf-tree in fonts/opentype/public/fontawesome.

On windows this is fine. Linux-Systems the texmf-tree isn't searched by fontconfig and so the font is not found.

Possible solutions

1. Use a file name:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\newfontfamily{\FA}{fontawesome.otf}
\begin{document}
\faHourglass
\end{document}

2. Copy the font to your system font folder.

3. Add the texmf trees to your fontconfig.

https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-340003.4.4

Answer 2

The FontAwesome documentation says you must use the fontspec package to use with xelatex\documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{fontawesome} \begin{document} \faicon{500px} \end{document} should do it. Note: see the documentation for a full list of all the macros it defines.

PS: The fully updated full TeX Live 2016 already contains fontawesome so I don't understand why you had to install it.