Convert FontAwesome's SVG icons to PNG

mkpngs.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Convert all FontAwesome SVGs to PNGs
#
# Instructions:
# 1. Download FontAwesome's desktop package & extract
# 2. Save this script to the root folder & make it executable
# 3. (Optional) Choose conversion method below
# 4. Run! (takes a few minutes to get through the whole collection)

# Dimensions/size are fixed square and icon is padded/centered
# Requires svgexport (https://github.com/shakiba/svgexport, npm install --global svgexport)
# Slow (~1000ms per icon)
convert_fixed() {
  svgexport "${1}" "${2}" 512:512 pad
}

# Dimensions/size are not fixed, based on icon itself
# Requires rsvg-convert (https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rsvg-convert.1.html, brew install librsvg)
# Fast (~50ms per icon)
convert_natural() {
  rsvg-convert "${1}" --output "${2}" --keep-aspect-ratio
  echo "${1}"
}

for style in brands duotone light regular solid ; do
  mkdir -p "pngs/${style}"
  for icon in "svgs/${style}/"*.svg ; do
    filename=$(basename -- "${icon}")
    name="${filename%.*}"
    # convert_fixed "${icon}" "pngs/${style}/${name}.png"
    convert_natural "${icon}" "pngs/${style}/${name}.png"
  done
done