fontawesome
Easily insert FontAwesome icons into R Markdown docs and Shiny apps
The fontawesome R package provides easy access to Font Awesome icons in R Markdown documents and Shiny applications through SVG output. The main fa() function generates scalable vector graphics that can be embedded inline in text, headings, or UI elements with customizable styling options like fill color.
Using SVG icons instead of traditional icon fonts offers several technical advantages. SVG icons are self-contained in the package, eliminating the need for internet connectivity and reducing overhead in applications. They also provide more flexible styling options compared to font-based icons that require <i> tags and external font files.
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Extending Quarto - posit::conf(2023)
Presented by Richard Iannone
What are Quarto shortcode extensions? Think of them as powerful little programs you can run in your Quarto docs. I won’t show you how to build a shortcode extension during this talk but rather I’m going to take you on a trip across this new ecosystem of shortcode extensions that people have already written. For example, I’ll introduce you to the fancy-text extension for outputting nicely-formatted versions of fancy strings such as LaTeX and BibTeX; you’ll learn all about the fontawesome, lordicon, academicons, material-icons, and bsicons shortcode extensions that let you add all sorts of icons. This is only a sampling of the shortcode extensions I will present, there will be many other inspiring examples as well.
Presented at Posit Conference, between Sept 19-20 2023, Learn more at posit.co/conference.#
Talk Track: Quarto (2). Session Code: TALK-1141