ruedap/alfred-font-awesome-workflow

[Request] Copy to clipboard for use with local FontAwesome.otf

cborgia opened this issue · 11 comments

cborgia commented

nice workflow!
Request: support for local design work via the FontAwesome.otf

This is useful when mocking up designs in photoshop, right now we have to go to the http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/cheatsheet/ and copy and paste the icon, would be nice if we can use your workflow with a modifier in Alfred to get the pasteboard filled with the correct icon.

ruedap commented

Thank you for the request :-)
Are you need this? #29

ruedap commented

Ah, understood. But, this workflow does not include font file. All files are png format. Maybe impossible.

cborgia commented

Hi @ruedap we don't need the font file, if anyone will be using font awesome for local design work they already have the font file. what we can use is a way to get the font in the clipboard so we can paste in to any app that uses fonts.
Below is a copy and paste after right clicking and copying the music note icon from the linked page above

See: 

it's just a square on most systems, but if you have fontawesome installed as a local font, that square shows up as a music note. VERY USEFUL for local design.

ruedap commented

@cborgia Thanks for response.
Okay, I'll give it a shot. but don't expect too much. It is probably difficult. And maintenance cost is high.
Wellcome to Pull Request 😀

Chrisedmo commented

+1 on this - i came here to add this. I love Font Awesome and this plugin! But every now and again i need to sue Photoshop + font awesome, and it's a pain. I will try and give it a go myself and add a pull request if i get time…

ruedap commented

Hi @Chrisedmo Thanks for the request.
I'm work in progress for this request. Please wait slowly 🐢

if i get time…

me too 😆

beaur commented

+1 would love this function...

ruedap commented

Hi, @cborgia @Chrisedmo @beaurushton

I created a prototype version for this request
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/281168/font-awesome-ver2-prototype.alfredworkflow

  • Enter: Paste css class name (e.g. fa-glass, for coding HTML/CSS)
  • Shift + Enter: Paste character reference (for using Photoshop, Illustrator, etc)
  • Option + Enter: Paste character code (e.g. f000)

Check it out, and feedback please :-)

Chrisedmo commented

Hi @ruedap I have just been having a play with this and it's perfect!! thank you so much. I lil how you set up the different ways to copy codes/class names. V nice.

cborgia commented

@ruedap works great. Thanks!