Pdftex error in moderncv: FontAwesome--fontawesometwo at 600 not found

Question

I am getting the abovementioned error when compiling a moderncv file in Texmaker. I recently switched to Windows 10.

I have tried the solutions mentioned here and here but nothing worked. I am completely clueless what else I could try.

Do I need to install FontAwesome seperately as a font on my system?

I updated from Windows 8.1. I haven't installed MikTeX new but have updated all packages. — C.Carl, Sep 13 '15 at 17:28
I did, I even restarted my computer afterwards. But I can try again. — C.Carl, Sep 14 '15 at 05:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

4

I have the same problem here.

I think, the problem is, that the 'casual' of modernvc uses the fontawesome package, which only works with lualatex or xelatex.

When using

\moderncvstyle{classic}

instead of

\moderncvstyle{casual}

it works for me.

Since I like the 'casual' more than 'classic' I am still looking for a way to use it without fontawesome.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

answered Oct 05 '15 at 13:15

Stiefel

The more recent version fontawesome allows usage under pdfLaTeX. – Werner Oct 05 '15 at 13:43
@Werner: Thanks, you are right. I made an update of ALL my tex packages, and it suddenly works. Just updating fontawesome was not enough, i still got the "600" error. – Stiefel Oct 05 '15 at 19:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 25 '19 at 21:57

2

A manual activation using \usepackage{fontawesome} in the line just below \documentclass fixed the error for me.

Previously I tried reinstalling moderncv and fontawesome via Miktex-Console (Admin). I use pdfLaTeX.

edited Oct 25 '19 at 21:57

Phelype Oleinik

answered Jan 06 '19 at 17:38

Franz

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 31 '20 at 15:08

0

I had the same problem with the font-awesome package. I needed to tell my TEX engine where to find the Map file for the font-awesome font. Running

updmap-sys --enable Map fontawesome.map

(inside /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/fontawesome/map)

fixed it for me.

edited Mar 31 '20 at 15:08

user1729210

answered Mar 31 '20 at 13:52

j3la

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