ruby not load font-awesome - ruby

Question

i am trying to load font-awesome to my view
I have read other answers and implement the Rails: Using Font Awesome
What i have done
config/application.rb
require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__)
require 'rails/all'
# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(:default, Rails.env)
module Blog
class Application < Rails::Application
# Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
# Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
# -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
# Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
# Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.
# config.time_zone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)'
# The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
# config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
# config.i18n.default_locale = :de
config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("app", "assets", "fonts")
end
end
I have rename the font-awesome.min.css to font-awesome.min.css.erb and use assets_path
#font-face{font-family:'FontAwesome';
src:url('<%= asset_path("fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=4.0.3") %>');
src:url('<%= asset_path("awesome-webfont.eot?#iefix&v=4.0.3") %>') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('<%= asset_path("fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=4.0.3") %>') format('woff'),
url('<%= asset_path("fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=4.0.3") %>') format('truetype'),
url('<%= asset_path("fontawesome-webfont.svg?v=4.0.3#fontawesomeregula") %>') format('svg');
font-weight:normal;font-style:normal}
and load the css file on the view
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'bootstrap.css' %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'animate.css' %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'font-awesome.min.css' %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'font.css' %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'app.css' %>
and on Chrome the font files are not loaded
and on server i get
Started GET "/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=4.0.3" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-02-14 08:36:37 +0200
ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/fontawesome-webfont.ttf"):
actionpack (4.0.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:21:in `call'
actionpack (4.0.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:30:in `call'
railties (4.0.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:38:in `call_app'
railties (4.0.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:20:in `block in call'
activesupport (4.0.2) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:67:in `block in tagged'
activesupport (4.0.2) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:25:in `tagged'
activesupport (4.0.2) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:67:in `tagged'
railties (4.0.2) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:20:in `call'
actionpack (4.0.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:21:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:21:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/runtime.rb:17:in `call'
activesupport (4.0.2) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache.rb:83:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/lock.rb:17:in `call'
actionpack (4.0.2) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:64:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:112:in `call'
railties (4.0.2) lib/rails/engine.rb:511:in `call'
railties (4.0.2) lib/rails/application.rb:97:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/lock.rb:17:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/content_length.rb:14:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/handler/webrick.rb:60:in `service'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/lib/ruby/2.1.0/webrick/httpserver.rb:138:in `service'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/lib/ruby/2.1.0/webrick/httpserver.rb:94:in `run'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/lib/ruby/2.1.0/webrick/server.rb:295:in `block in start_thread'
Please help

Answer 1

The easiest way to integrate font-awesome to rails is via font-awesome-rails gem. It will integrate font-awesome to rails asset pipeline.
In your Gemfile add
gem "font-awesome-rails"
and run bundle install to install the gem
Then in your scss file import it using
#import "font-awesome";
That's it! Now you can use it in your view as
<i class="fa fa-bell-o"></i>
If you prefer to use css instead of scss then add the require statement in your application.css
*= require font-awesome
Update
If you don't want to use font-awesome-rails gem then follow the steps
Place your fonts in the folder app/assets/fonts
In config/application.rb add the following lines
# Add fonts path
config.assets.paths << "#{Rails.root}/app/assets/fonts"
# Precompile additional assets
config.assets.precompile += %w( .svg .eot .woff .ttf )
Declare your font in font-awesome.css.erb like
#font-face {
font-family:'FontAwesome';
src: font-url('fontawesome-webfont.eot');
src: font-url('fontawesome-webfont?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
font-url('fontawesome-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
font-url('fontawesome-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
font-url('fontawesome-webfont.svg') format('svg');
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
}
I hope this will help you.