Re: [cdt-dev] Using third party icons, and FontAwesome in particular

[Vladimir Prus <vladimir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20.08.2013 20:57, Alex Blewitt wrote:
> It looks like it's using Unicode characters as replacement for icons.
>
> Not all operating systems have the fonts in place, and there's many icons which have no suitable Unicode character. It's not clear how much use the font would have, or even if it makes sense to have an icon replaced by text.

The font will be explicitly loaded, it does not matter whether the system has it, and it uses reserved unicode characters, so the mapping 
between unicode and icons is entirely up to font designer.

[Note that at the moment, my primary question is whether including it is unsurmountable legal/copyright problem, the specific technical 
questions can be solved through usual patch review process.]

Thanks,

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Vladimir Prus
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