@Warrio, Yeah you are right that Laravel 5.4 not use gulp, instead of gulp it uses webpack mix to load all dependencies.
I had same issue and solved by update package.json to
{ "private": true, "scripts": { "dev": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js", "watch": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js", "watch-poll": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --watch-poll --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js", "hot": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js", "production": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js" }, "devDependencies": { "axios": "^0.15.3", "bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.7", "jquery": "^3.1.1", "laravel-mix": "^0.8.1", "lodash": "^4.17.4", "vue": "^2.1.10" } }
After update your package.json file, run "npm install" and it will solve your problem.
{{ asset('fonts') }}, returnshttp://localhost/myapp/public/fontsso my other links are working properly.