FontAwesome icons in PyQt and PySide applications
Project description
QtAwesome - Iconic Fonts in PyQt and PySide applications
Description
QtAwesome enables iconic fonts such as Font Awesome and Elusive Icons in PyQt and PySide applications.
It is a port to Python - PyQt / PySide of the QtAwesome C++ library by Rick Blommers.
License
MIT License. Copyright 2015 - The Spyder development team
The Font Awesome and Elusive Icons fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License.
Installation
pip install qtawesomeExamples
import qtawesome as qtaUse Font Awesome and Elusive Icons.
# Get icons by name.
fa_icon = qta.icon('fa.flag')
fa_button = QtGui.QPushButton(fa_icon, 'Font Awesome!')
asl_icon = qta.icon('ei.asl')
elusive_button = QtGui.QPushButton(asl_icon, 'Elusive Icons!')Apply some styling
styling_icon = qta.icon('fa.music',
active='fa.legal',
color='blue',
color_active='orange')
music_button = QtGui.QPushButton(styling_icon, 'Styling')Stack multiple icons
# Stack icons
camera_ban = qta.icon('fa.camera', 'fa.ban',
options=[{'scale_factor': 0.5,
'active': 'fa.legal'},
{'color': 'red'}])
stack_button = QtGui.QPushButton(camera_ban, 'Stack')
stack_button.setIconSize(QtCore.QSize(32, 32))Animations
# Spin icons
spin_button = QtGui.QPushButton(' Spinning icon')
spin_icon = qta.icon('fa.spinner', color='red',
animation=qta.Spin(spin_button))
spin_button.setIcon(spin_icon)Other features
While QtAwesome embeds Font Awesome and Elusive Icons, it can also be used with other iconic fonts. A load_font function is available. A ttf font and a json character map for icon names must be provided.
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