diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 62053e7a8..c955654f7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,20 +1,25 @@ +⚠️ **This project has not had a release for ~2 years, another release is not planned. Rather, this project will be progressively archived. A deep dive of this situation can be found in the [retrospective](posts/2023-04-10_forkawesomeIntrospection/forkawesomeIntrospection.md)** ⚠️ + # Fork Awesome -### A fork of the iconic font and CSS toolkit + +_A fork of the iconic font and CSS toolkit, Font Awesome_ [![npm-badge]][npm-link] [![all-contrib]](CONTRIBUTORS.md) [![jsdeliver-badge]][jsdeliver-link] [![cdnjs-badge]][cdnjs-link] [![build-status-badge]][build-status-link] [![matrix-badge]][matrix-link] **Fork Awesome is a suite of 796 pictographic and brand icons for easy, scalable vector graphics on websites and beyond.** -This project, as the name suggests, began as a fork of [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com). Font Awesome was originally created by [Dave Gandy](https://twitter.com/davegandy) and ran as a community project. However, as Font Awesome developed, pull requests from the community stopped being accepted (October 2016) and as of version 5.0 [the build system became private](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/12199#issuecomment-362919956) (February 2018). +This project began as a fork of [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com). Font Awesome was originally created by [Dave Gandy](https://twitter.com/davegandy) and ran as a community project. However, as Font Awesome developed, pull requests from the community stopped being accepted (October 2016) and as of version 5.0 [the build system became private](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/12199#issuecomment-362919956) (February 2018). -With gratitude to Dave Gandy and the Font Awesome team, [Julien](https://github.com/xuv) [Deswaef](https://merveilles.town/@xuv) forked Font Awesome 4.7 into [Fork Awesome 1.0](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/releases/tag/1.0.0) in February 2018, to continue building the amazing resource in a fully free, libre and open-source fashion, with and for the wider community. After a period of extended inactivity (i.e. no release since February 2019), several Fork Awesome users [got](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/issues/292) [together](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/issues/235) to try and revive the project 🌱 +With gratitude to Dave Gandy and the Font Awesome team, [Julien Deswaef](https://merveilles.town/@xuv) forked Font Awesome 4.7 into [Fork Awesome 1.0](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/releases/tag/1.0.0) in February 2018, to continue building the amazing resource in a fully free, libre and open-source fashion, with and for the wider community. After a period of extended inactivity (i.e. no release since February 2019), several Fork Awesome users [got](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/issues/292) [together](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/issues/235) to try and revive the project 🌱 -We are now catching up with backlogged issues and pull requests, updating technology and documentation — even reevaluating the project aims, as icon fonts gradually [become](https://www.irigoyen.dev/blog/2021/02/17/stop-using-icon-fonts/) [deprecated](https://cloudfour.com/thinks/seriously-dont-use-icon-fonts/). Come say hi in the [#forkawesome:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#forkawesome:matrix.org) matrix room 🙂 +We are ~~now catching up with backlogged issues and pull requests, updating technology and documentation — even~~ reevaluating the project aims, as icon fonts gradually [become](https://www.irigoyen.dev/blog/2021/02/17/stop-using-icon-fonts/) [deprecated](https://cloudfour.com/thinks/seriously-dont-use-icon-fonts/). Come say hi in the [#forkawesome:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#forkawesome:matrix.org) matrix room 🙂 ## How to use + There is a full page in our documentation website that explains [how to use Fork Awesome in your web project](https://forkaweso.me/Fork-Awesome/get-started/). It ranges from just pointing to a CSS file on a CDN, hosting it on your own server or even adapting the LESS and SCSS files to your own liking. ## License + - The Fork Awesome font is licensed under the SIL OFL 1.1: - http://scripts.sil.org/OFL - Fork Awesome CSS, LESS, and Sass files are licensed under the MIT License: @@ -38,11 +43,11 @@ with the following format: And constructed with the following guidelines: -* Breaking backward compatibility bumps the major (and resets the minor and patch) -* Big changes, without breaking backward compatibility, bumps the minor (and resets the patch) -* Bug fixes, small adaptations, adding a few icons and misc changes bumps the patch -* The fork started from FontAwesome 4.7 (last commit by Dave is [bdfa9823](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/commits/master?after=b0bc8f6fb74e05c987ef7ce1525cd3ab8390a1c3+69)). -* The project starts at version 1.0.0. All references to versions before the fork are named 0.4.7 +- Breaking backward compatibility bumps the major (and resets the minor and patch) +- Big changes, without breaking backward compatibility, bumps the minor (and resets the patch) +- Bug fixes, small adaptations, adding a few icons and misc changes bumps the patch +- The fork started from FontAwesome 4.7 (last commit by Dave is [bdfa9823](https://github.com/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome/commits/master?after=b0bc8f6fb74e05c987ef7ce1525cd3ab8390a1c3+69)). +- The project starts at version 1.0.0. All references to versions before the fork are named 0.4.7 For more information on SemVer, please visit http://semver.org. @@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ For more information on SemVer, please visit http://semver.org. - [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) - Ruby Development Headers - - **Ubuntu:** `sudo apt-get install ruby-dev` *(Only if you're __NOT__ using `rbenv` or `rvm`)* + - **Ubuntu:** `sudo apt-get install ruby-dev` _(Only if you're **NOT** using `rbenv` or `rvm`)_ - **Windows:** [DevKit](http://rubyinstaller.org/) - **macOS:** no extra step required - [Bundler](http://bundler.io/) (Run `gem install bundler` to install). @@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ Within the container, build the font: $ make -C src/icons + [all-contrib]: https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-128-orange.svg "All Contributors badge" [build-status-badge]: https://travis-ci.org/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome.svg?branch=master "Build status badge" [build-status-link]: https://travis-ci.org/ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome