ng 1.7.0-rc.0 can't parse fontawesome fonts

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Angular CLI: 1.7.0-rc.0
Node: 8.9.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 5.2.4
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

@angular/cli: 1.7.0-rc.0
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.3.1
@angular-devkit/core: 0.3.1
@angular-devkit/schematics: 0.3.1
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.2.0
@ngtools/webpack: 1.10.0-rc.0
@schematics/angular: 0.3.1
@schematics/package-update: 0.3.1
typescript: 2.5.3
webpack: 3.10.0

Repro steps

• ng serve

Observed behavior

Browser console log

Failed to decode downloaded font: http://localhost:4200/fontawesome-webfont.68560c510686599ffbc9.woff2?v=4.7.0
localhost/:1 OTS parsing error: Failed to convert WOFF 2.0 font to SFNT
localhost/:1 Failed to decode downloaded font: http://localhost:4200/fontawesome-webfont.a7bbeb589ae63e018872.woff?v=4.7.0
localhost/:1 OTS parsing error: incorrect file size in WOFF header
localhost/:1 Failed to decode downloaded font: http://localhost:4200/fontawesome-webfont.e1dd9adb4f69bb9a0bdc.ttf?v=4.7.0
localhost/:1 OTS parsing error: incorrect entrySelector for table directory
localhost/:1 Failed to decode downloaded font: http://localhost:4200/fontawesome-webfont.912ec66d7572ff821749.svg?v=4.7.0#fontawesomeregular
localhost/:1 OTS parsing error: invalid version tag

no fontawesome icons in UI

Desired behavior

I expect to see fontawesome icons as usual

Mention any other details that might be useful (optional)

with v1.6.8 works

[nikolayandr]

@clydin Hi. Is it known when the next RC is going to be available? Thanks

[clydin]

Thank you for reporting. A fix is pending and will be available in the next RC.