FA Version 5 Pro does not work in Sketch but works in other apps

[bethany-thielen]

Describe the bug

Font awesome 5 Pro does not work in Sketch as of yesteday. When I try to paste an icon in from Font Awesome library, or use ligatures (for example, I type "stop" or "truck" or "angle" in Font Awesome), the text does not change to an icon. Instead it changes to Helvetica.

However, when I change the weight to 'light' it works. Solid and regular do not work. Font Awesome Brands 5 Pro still works just fine.

I do not have the plugin installed, but I have had the font installed for the past 3 years and I've never had an issue until now.

FA 5 pro in the weights solid and regular seem to be working in my other design apps. It's just Sketch that has the issue.

I did see this exact same issue from 2018 - https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/12558

To Reproduce

Download Sketch from Bohemian coding Download Font Awesome Pro 5 and install via Font Book. In Sketch, type an icon name such as "angle" Select Font Awesome Pro in the weight regular or solid. Icon does not appear Click the text layer and find the text has changed to Helvetica

Expected behavior Icon should appear when text layer changed to Font Awesome

Screenshots

Version and implementation Version: Font Awesome 5 | Sketch 81.1 Browser and version: n/a

• [ ] SVG with JS
• [ ] Web Fonts with CSS
• [ ] SVG Sprites
• [x] On the Desktop

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[tagliala]

Hi!

Thanks for being part of the Font Awesome Community.

Font Awesome 5

Which version, exactly?

I can't help, I do not use Sketch, let's ask @sensibleworld

[bethany-thielen]

@tagliala I'm not sure how to find the version. I downloaded the OTF from Font Awesome a couple years back. I'm checking my OTF file but it doesn't seem to indicate a version.

[tagliala]

Please check in Font Book, there is a "version" field. "Unique name" and "glyph count" may also help