Google Fonts & FontAwesome Setup

Installing Google Fonts and FontAwesome Pro for Report Designer.

1. Installing Google Fonts

  1. Download Google Fonts from the official repository.
  2. Copy to system fonts directory: 
    sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/google
sudo cp -r /path/to/fonts/* /usr/share/fonts/google/
  3. Rebuild font cache: 
    sudo fc-cache -f -v

Note: If you encounter "looped directory" errors, remove backup folders:

sudo rm -rf /root/google_backup/

2. Installing FontAwesome Pro (Version 6)

  1. Navigate to your FontAwesome Pro folder.
  2. Copy webfonts to system fonts: 
    sudo cp -r /path/to/fontawesome/webfonts/* /usr/share/fonts/fontawesome/
  3. Rebuild font cache: 
    sudo fc-cache -f -v

3. Using FontAwesome in Report Designer

  1. Select FontAwesome as the font in your report.
  2. Copy the actual glyph (not Unicode like 007) and paste directly into the text field.

4. Adding an Icon Picker

Create a UI component with a dropdown displaying FontAwesome icons. Use glyph values directly once selected.