FontAwesome problem on Mac with xelatex

 xelatex fontawesome_problem.tex

This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020) (preloaded format=xelatex)

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entering extended mode

(./fontawesome_problem.tex

LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5

L3 programming layer <2020-03-06>

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Document Class: standalone 2018/03/26 v1.3a Class to compile TeX sub-files stan

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(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontawesome/fontawesome.sty

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neric.tex)

kpathsea: Running mktextfm FontAwesome

/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation F for FontAwesome.

/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/fonts/map/fontname/special.map?

mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; ; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome

This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2020) (preloaded base=mf)

kpathsea: Running mktexmf FontAwesome

! I can't find file `FontAwesome'.

<*> ...r; mag:=1; ; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome

                                                  

Please type another input file name

! Emergency stop.

<*> ...r; mag:=1; ; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome

                                                  

Transcript written on mfput.log.

grep: FontAwesome.log: No such file or directory

mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; ; nonstopmode; input FontAwesome' failed to make FontAwesome.tfm.

kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

! Package fontspec Error: The font "FontAwesome" cannot be found.

For immediate help type H <return>.

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https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/132888/fontawesome-font-not-found

Solved according to the above webpage, adding the following to my tex file

\usepackage{fontspec}

\defaultfontfeatures{
    Path = /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/fontawesome/ }
\usepackage{fontawesome}