Font font awesome icon Usage,CSS Class Name,SVG & CSS Content Code
Font
font awesome icon css class name is fa-font
and CSS Content Code is \f031
.
Font
font awesome icon is part of solid icons.
Font
font awesome icon usage
We can display Font
font awesome icon using 3 different ways depending upon our requirement.
Using CSS Class Name
Using CSS Content Code
Using SVG
Font
font awesome icon CSS class name
To display Font
font awesome icon, add predefined class name i.e.,fa-font
(with prefix fa-
) to the i
tag.
And we need to add corresponding font awesome icon style for the Font
icon.
Font
icon has 1 icon style i.e.,solid.
We need to append icon style class fas
.
<i class='fas fa-font'></i>
Output:
Font
font awesome icon CSS Content Code
We can display Font
font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \f031
Use the following HTML code
<li><span class='Font fontawesomeicon'></span>Font</li>
Apply CSS code
<style>
.fontawesomeicon::before {
display: inline-block;
text-rendering: auto;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
.Font::before {
font: var(--fa-font-solid);
content: ' \f031';
}</style>
Output:
.fontawesomeicon::before { display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } .Font::before { font: var(--fa-font-solid); content: ' \f031'; }For the detailed tutorial visit https://www.angularjswiki.com/fontawesome/csscontentcode/
Font
font awesome icon SVG
Use the following icon SVG to display Font
font awesome icon.
<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M254 52.8C249.3 40.3 237.3 32 224 32s-25.3 8.3-30 20.8L57.8 416H32c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h96c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32h-1.8l18-48H303.8l18 48H320c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h96c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H390.2L254 52.8zM279.8 304H168.2L224 155.1 279.8 304z"/></svg>
Use the following HTML code
<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M254 52.8C249.3 40.3 237.3 32 224 32s-25.3 8.3-30 20.8L57.8 416H32c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h96c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32h-1.8l18-48H303.8l18 48H320c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h96c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H390.2L254 52.8zM279.8 304H168.2L224 155.1 279.8 304z"/></svg>
Font displayed using SVG</p>
Apply CSS code
<style>
.fontawesomesvg {width: 1em;
height: 1em;
vertical-align: -.125em;
}
</style>
Output:
.fontawesomesvg {width: 1em; height: 1em; vertical-align: -.125em; }This Font displayed using SVG
Change Font
font awesome icon size
To increase Font
font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase)
, fa-2x
, fa-3x
, fa-4x
, or fa-5x
classes along with icon class \f031.
Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.
<i class='fas fa-font fa-lg'>fa-lg</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-2x'>fa-2x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-3x'>fa-3x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-4x'>fa-4x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-5x'>fa-5x</i><br/>
Output:
fa-lgfa-2x
fa-3x
fa-4x
fa-5x
Font
font awesome icon with Fixed Width
All the font awesome icons does not have same width.
For example Font
icon and home
icon may not have same height and width.
So to display two icons with fixed width and height we can use fa-fw
class.
<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-font fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-font fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>
<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>
Output:
Fixed WidthNormalFixed WidthNormal
Font
font awesome icon Border
To add border to Font
font awesome icon, use fa-border
class.
<i class='fas fa-font fa-border fa-3x'></i>
Output:
Pull Font
font awesome icon To the left
To pull Font
icon to the left of the container use fa-pull-left
class.
<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-pull-left fa-3x'></i>
... The text after Font Icon will be displayed on the right side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>
Output:
Pull Font
font awesome icon To the left
To pull Font
icon to the right of the container use fa-pull-right
class.
<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-pull-right fa-3x'></i>
... The text after Font Icon will be displayed on the left side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>
Output:
Animate Font
font awesome icon
To animate Font
font awesome icon, use fa-spin
class.
<i class='fas fa-font fa-spin fa-3x'></i>
Output:
Animate Font
font awesome icon with steps
While animating the font awesome icon,We can rotate Font
icon in 8 steps instead of uniform rotation.
We can use fa-pulse
icon along with fa-spin
class.
<i class='fas fa-font fa-spin fa-pulse fa-3x'></i>
Output:
Rotate Font
font awesome icon
To rotate Font
font awesome icon, Use fa-rotate-x
class
Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.
<div>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-3x'>R</i>normal<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-rotate-90 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-90<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-rotate-180 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-180<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-rotate-270 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-270<br/><br/>
</div>
Output:
R fa-rotate-90
R fa-rotate-180
R fa-rotate-270
Flip Font
font awesome icon
To flip Font
font awesome icon horizontally and vertically use fa-flip-horizontal
and fa-flip-vertical
classes.
<div>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-3x'>F</i> Normal <br>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-flip-horizontal fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-horizontal<br>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-flip-vertical fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-vertical<br>
</div>
Output:
F fa-flip-horizontal
F fa-flip-vertical
Combine Font
font awesome icon with other font awesome icons
In font awesome icons,using stacking we can combine multiple icons and display it as one icon.
To do that use the fa-stack
class on the parent, the fa-stack-1x
for the regularly sized icon, and fa-stack-2x
for the larger icon.
And use class fa-inverse
for an alternative icon color.
In the below example, I am displaying Font
font awesome icon on top of icons like fa-square
,fa-circle
and fa-ban
.
And used fa-inverse
in the second example to invert the color of the icon.
<div>
<span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
<i class='far fa-square fa-stack-2x'></i>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-stack-1x'></i>
</span>
Font on fa-square<br>
<span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
<i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
</span>
Font on fa-circle<br>
<span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
<i class='fas fa-font fa-stack-1x'></i>
<i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
</span>
Font on fa-ban
</div>
Output:
Font on fa-circle
Font on fa-ban