FontAwesomeFX 8.0.9 with 40 new icons

I have updated FontAwesomeFX and released version 8.0.9. A few days ago the FontAwesome 4.2.0 was released with 40 additional icons (FontAwesome now contains 479 icons). Also I added a simple browser to preview all contained icons. You can start it via: de.jensd.fx.fontawesome.test.IconOverview Download Binaries Sources @ Bitbucket Maven Artifact: <dependency> <groupId>de.jensd</groupId> <artifactId>fontawesomefx</artifactId> <version>8.0.9</version> </dependency>

JavaFX on Raspberry Pi: Some fun with stepper motor

Recently had some fun when controlling my stepper motor with my Raspberry Pi. The motor: a 28BYJ-48 with ULN2003 driver unit: Cool: Pi4J has a ready to use GpioStepperMotorComponent. Let’s assume this architecture: Thus we start with the StepperMotorAdapter using this component. First some helpfull defines: private final int oneRevolution = 2038; private final int… Continue Reading JavaFX on Raspberry Pi: Some fun with stepper motor

Using ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX [Update 2]

Refer for latest updates here. For a more convenient usage I have created a Maven Artifact of my little project (should be available via Maven Central). Dependency to WebJar Maven-Repo is included, thus you just have to add: <dependency> <groupId>de.jensd</groupId> <artifactId>fontawesomefx</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> </dependency>

Using ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX [Update 1]

Refer for latest updates here. I have revisited the code and made some improvements: Get the complete source code here: https://bitbucket.org/Jerady/fontawesomefx Now using WebJar Maven-Repo instead of “/font/awesome.ttf” <dependency> <groupId>org.webjars</groupId> <artifactId>font-awesome</artifactId> <version>3.0.0</version> </dependency> Absolute Path to Awesome Font is now /META-INF/resources/webjars/font-awesome/3.0.0/font/fontawesome-webfont.ttf AwesomeIcons class is now an Character-Enum instead of static Strings mappings public enum AwesomeIcons… Continue Reading Using ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX [Update 1]

Using ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX

Refer for latest updates here. Dave Gandy has created a incredible cool icon font called Font Awesome. These font icons perfectly fit into JavaFX Apps as: all these beautiful icons are scalable vector graphics each icon (unicode character) can be styled with css incredible lightweight (one font 249 icons) Load the “Awesome Font” Font.loadFont(App.class.getResource(“/fonts/awesome.ttf”). toExternalForm(),… Continue Reading Using ‘Font Awesome’ Icons with JavaFX