One font, 249 fa-icons
In a single collection, Font Awesome is a pictographic language of web-related actions.CSS control
Easily style fa-icon color, size, shadow, and anything that's possible with CSS.Infinite scalability
Scalable vector graphics means every fa-icon looks awesome at any size.Free, as in Beer
Font Awesome is completely free for commercial use. Check out the license.IE7 Support
Font Awesome supports IE7. If you need it, you have my condolences.Perfect on Retina Displays
Font Awesome fa-icons are vectors, which mean they're gorgeous on high-resolution displays.Made for Twitter Bootstrap
Designed from scratch to be fully compatible with Twitter Bootstrap 2.2.2.Designer Friendly
Install FontAwesome.otf and visit the copy & paste page. Happy designing.Screen reader compatible
Font Awesome won't trip up screen readers, unlike other fa-icon fonts.What's new in Font Awesome 3.0
Pixel Perfection at 14px
Every single fa-icon re-created from the ground up to be optimized for Bootstrap's default 14px.Font Sub-setting
Thanks to @grantgordon and @johnsmclay, you can sub-set to get just the fa-icons you need.Better License
SIL open font license, MIT license for code. No more attribution required, but much appreciated.40 New fa-icons in 3.0
Requested by the active community on the Font Awesome GitHub project.New Styles
New styles for animated spinning fa-icons, fa-icons with 2x-4x size multipliers, fa-icon borders, & more.21% Smaller Payload
3.0 is smaller, even with 16% more fa-icons. Crazy small if you sub-set just the fa-icons you need.New fa-icons in 3.0
You asked, Font Awesome delivers with 40 shiny new fa-icons in version 3.0. New fa-icons can be requested on the Font Awesome GitHub project. Or even better, you can contribute your own fa-icons.
Web Application fa-icons
Text Editor fa-icons
Directional fa-icons
Video Player fa-icons
Medical fa-icons Want to change healthcare? Work with me at Kyruus.
Integration
It's easy to integrate Font Awesome into Twitter Bootstrap, or even use it on its own.
Easy Bootstrap + Font Awesome Integration
Use this method to integrate Font Awesome with the default Bootstrap CSS.
- Copy the Font Awesome font directory into your project.
- Copy font-awesome.min.css into your project.
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Open your project's font-awesome.min.css and edit the font paths to ensure they point to the right place.
The font path is relative from your CSS directory.
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In the
<head>of your html, reference the location to your font-awesome.min.css.<link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/bootstrap.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/font-awesome.min.css">
- Check out the examples to start using Font Awesome!
Custom Bootstrap + Font Awesome Integration using LESS
Use this method to integrate Font Awesome with Twitter Bootstrap using LESS.
- Copy the Font Awesome font directory into your project.
- Copy font-awesome.less into your bootstrap/less directory.
- Open bootstrap.less and replace
@import "sprites.less";with@import "font-awesome.less"; -
Open your project's font-awesome.less and edit the
@FontAwesomePathvariable to point to your font directory.@FontAwesomePath: "../font";
The font path is relative from your compiled CSS directory.
- Re-compile your LESS if using a static compiler. Otherwise, you should be good to go.
- Check out the examples to start using Font Awesome!
Custom Bootstrap + Font Awesome Integration using SASS or SCSS
I have never used either, so let me know if the included SCSS or SASS files have issues.
Not using Bootstrap?
Font Awesome works just as well without Twitter Bootstrap.
- Copy the Font Awesome font directory into your project.
- Copy font-awesome.less or font-awesome.min.css into your project.
- Open your project's font-awesome.less or font-awesome.min.css and edit the font location to point it to your font directory (see above examples).
- Check out the examples to start using Font Awesome!
Need IE7 Support?
Font Awesome supports IE7. If you need it, you have my condolences.
- Get Font Awesome working properly in a modern browser.
- Copy font-awesome-ie7.min.css into your project.
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In the
<head>of your html, reference the location to your font-awesome-ie7.min.css.<link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/bootstrap.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/font-awesome.min.css"> <!--[if IE 7]> <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/font-awesome-ie7.min.css"> <![endif]-->
- Go complain to whoever decided your project needs IE7 support.
Examples
Many examples re-used from the Twitter Bootstrap documentation.
New Styles in 3.0
Example HTML
Inline fa-icons
Place Font Awesome fa-icons just about anywhere with the <i> tag.
<i class="fa-icon-camera-retro"></i> fa-icon-camera-retro
Larger fa-icons
To increase the size of fa-icons relative to its container, use fa-icon-large, fa-icon-2x,
fa-icon-3x, or fa-icon-4x.
Increase the fa-icon size by using the fa-icon-large (33% increase), fa-icon-2x,
fa-icon-3x, or fa-icon-4x classes.
fa-icon-camera-retro
fa-icon-camera-retro
fa-icon-camera-retro
fa-icon-camera-retro
<p><i class="fa-icon-camera-retro fa-icon-large"></i> fa-icon-camera-retro</p> <p><i class="fa-icon-camera-retro fa-icon-2x"></i> fa-icon-camera-retro</p> <p><i class="fa-icon-camera-retro fa-icon-3x"></i> fa-icon-camera-retro</p> <p><i class="fa-icon-camera-retro fa-icon-4x"></i> fa-icon-camera-retro</p>
Animated Spinner
Use the fa-icon-spin class to get any fa-icon to rotate. Works best with fa-icon-spinner and
fa-icon-refresh.
<i class="fa-icon-spinner fa-icon-spin"></i> Spinner fa-icon when loading content...
CSS3 animations aren't supported in IE7 - IE9.
Bordered & Pulled fa-icons
Use fa-icon-border and pull-right or pull-left for easy pull quotes or
article graphics.
<i class="fa-icon-quote-left fa-icon-4x pull-left fa-icon-muted"></i> Use a few of the new styles together ... lots of new possibilities.
<i class="fa-icon-flag fa-icon-4x pull-left fa-icon-border"></i> Use a few of the new styles together ... lots of new possibilities.
Buttons
Font Awesome fa-icons work great in buttons. You can even combine them with larger fa-icon styles,
pull-right and pull-left, and fa-icon-spin.
<a class="btn" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-repeat"></i> Reload</a> <a class="btn btn-success" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-shopping-cart fa-icon-large"></i> Checkout</a> <a class="btn btn-large btn-primary" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-comment"></i> Comment</a> <a class="btn btn-small btn-info" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-info-sign"></i> Info</a> <a class="btn btn-danger" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-trash fa-icon-large"></i> Delete</a> <a class="btn btn-small" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-cog"></i> Settings</a> <a class="btn btn-large btn-danger" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-flag fa-icon-2x pull-left"></i>Font Awesome<br>Version 3.0</a> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#"> <i class="fa-icon-refresh fa-icon-spin"></i> Synchronizing Content...</a>
Button groups
<div class="btn-group"> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="fa-icon-align-left"></i></a> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="fa-icon-align-center"></i></a> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="fa-icon-align-right"></i></a> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="fa-icon-align-justify"></i></a> </div>
Button dropdowns
<div class="btn-group open">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#"><i class="fa-icon-user"></i> User</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#"><span class="fa-icon-caret-down"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-pencil"></i> Edit</a></li>
<li><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-trash"></i> Delete</a></li>
<li><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-ban-circle"></i> Ban</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a href="#"><i class="i"></i> Make admin</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Lists
Easily replace individual bullets.
<ul class="fa-icons"> <li><i class="fa-icon-ok"></i> Lists</li> <li><i class="fa-icon-ok"></i> Buttons</li> <li><i class="fa-icon-ok"></i> Button groups</li> <li><i class="fa-icon-ok"></i> Navigation</li> <li><i class="fa-icon-ok"></i> Prepended form inputs</li> </ul>
Navigation
Use Font Awesome fa-icons in navigation to provide helpful visual cues.
<ul class="nav nav-list"> <li class="active"><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-home"></i> Home</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-book"></i> Library</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-pencil"></i> Applications</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="fa-icon-cogs"></i> Settings</a></li> </ul>
Prepended form inputs
<form>
<div class="input-prepend">
<span class="add-on"><i class="fa-icon-envelope"></i></span>
<input class="span2" type="text" placeholder="Email address">
</div>
<div class="input-prepend">
<span class="add-on"><i class="fa-icon-key"></i></span>
<input class="span2" type="password" placeholder="Password">
</div>
</form>
Custom CSS
Anything you can do with CSS font styles, you can do with Font Awesome.
Star Ratings (inspired by CSS Tricks)
Contribute fa-icons to Font Awesome
Want to help make Font Awesome even more awesome? Contribute back to the Font Awesome community by designing new pictograms for the set.
If selected, you'll retain the CC-BY license to your pictogram and get attribution right here on the Font Awesome site.
How to Submit New fa-icons
- Download the fa-icon-flag.pdf template.
- Open the PDF in Adobe Illustrator. You'll notice the file has dimensions of 60x56. This is exactly 4x the max fa-icon size of 15 wide by 14 tall. The template is an example of the flag fa-icon to use as a guide.
- Design your fa-icon. In order to make it into the set, your fa-icon must look pixel perfect. The easiest way to do this is to make sure your line widths in the template are some multiple of 4px. Diagonals are rough, too. Don't split pixels right down the middle, as they blur more when rendering. Zoom out to 25% to get a good idea of how it will render in the font.
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Submit your fa-icon. Drop me an email at dave@davegandy.com. Make sure to
use the subject
[Font Awesome] [fa-icon Contribution] fa-icon-nameand attach your PDF file. If your fa-icon makes it into Font Awesome (I'm keeping a very tight reign on quality), I'll ask what contact info you'd like to use for attribution.
Roadmap
Here's the plan for future updates.
License
- The Font Awesome font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License - http://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
- Font Awesome CSS, LESS, and SASS files are licensed under the MIT License - http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html.
- The Font Awesome pictograms are licensed under the CC BY 3.0 License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Attribution is no longer required in Font Awesome 3.0, but much appreciated:
Font Awesome by Dave Gandy - http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome.
Kyruus
I'm the lead product designer at Kyruus. I wake up every single day excited about my job. Why? Kyruus is going to change healthcare. No exaggeration.
Kyruus is a well-funded, big data healthcare startup in Boston. We believe that the right data at the right time can help doctors make better decisions. We believe data can save lives.
What I love about Kyruus:- Product design. From the top of the organization, Kyruus is committed to product design done right. It's awesome.
- Purpose. Every day, I get to help make the world a better place – a little at a time.
- People. I work with some of the best people I've ever met. More than just smart people. Good people.
Kyruus needs good people. Designers, app developers, big data masters, & interns that get real responsibility. Come work with me.
Interested? Email me.Say Thanks
Hopefully you think Font Awesome is awesome. I've put hundreds of hours into the project to give back to the open source community. If you'd like, here are some ways you can tell me thanks for all my hard work.
Contribute fa-icons
Contribute fa-icons to make Font Awesome even awesome-er.
Help me buy an iMac
Contribute to a shiny new iMac for me to keep making great fa-icons.
My Amazon Wish List
Or pick something straight from my wish list. Gift cards are great.