Variable fa-version (scss,less) not being used in @font-face declaration

[aprat84]

Describe the problem

In _variables.[scss|less] file, there is a fa-version variable, which is not used in @font-face declaration, to force font files refresh when updating to newer versions. Happens in both SCSS and LESS, and in every style: brands/solid/regular/light.

What did you expect?

Font files URL should be suffixed with some query string variable to force browsers to fetch new files when updating, like it was in v4.7.0.

Something like this:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Font Awesome 5 Pro';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-display: $fa-font-display;
  src: url('#{$fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.eot?v=#{$fa-version}');
  src: url('#{$fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.eot?v=#{$fa-version}#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
  url('#{$fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.woff2?v=#{$fa-version}') format('woff2'),
  url('#{$fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.woff?v=#{$fa-version}') format('woff'),
  url('#{$fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.ttf?v=#{$fa-version}') format('truetype'),
  url('#{$fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.svg?v=#{$fa-version}#fontawesome') format('svg');
}

What version and implementation are you using?

Version: 5.8.1

• [ ] SVG with JS
• [x] Web Fonts with SCSS/LESS
• [ ] SVG Sprites
• [ ] On the Desktop

[tagliala]

Hi!

Thanks for being part of the Font Awesome Community.

We have removed this on purpose because it was causing issues with proxy servers and it is an old approach to invalidate files

If you still need this feature, feel free to customize the less/scss files as you wish

Ref: #3286 (and others)

Hope it helps

Closing here

[aprat84]

Makes sense. Thanks for quick reply!