Less-Than font awesome icon Usage,CSS Class Name,SVG & CSS Content Code

Less-Than font awesome icon css class name is fa-less-than and CSS Content Code is \3c.

Less-Than font awesome icon is part of solid icons.

Less-Than font awesome icon usage

We can display Less-Than font awesome icon using 3 different ways depending upon our requirement.

1. Using CSS Class Name

2. Using CSS Content Code

3. Using SVG

Less-Than font awesome icon CSS class name

To display Less-Than font awesome icon, add predefined class name i.e.,fa-less-than (with prefix fa-) to the i tag.

And we need to add corresponding font awesome icon style for the Less-Than icon.

Less-Than icon has 1 icon style i.e.,solid. We need to append icon style class fas.

<i class='fas fa-less-than'></i>

Less-Than font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Less-Than font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \3c

Use the following HTML code

<li><span class='Less-Than fontawesomeicon'></span>Less-Than</li>

Apply CSS code

<style> 
.fontawesomeicon::before {
    display: inline-block;
    text-rendering: auto;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 }

.Less-Than::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-solid);
    content: ' \3c';
 }</style>

For the detailed tutorial visit https://www.angularjswiki.com/fontawesome/csscontentcode/

Less-Than font awesome icon SVG

Use the following icon SVG to display Less-Than font awesome icon.

<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><!--! 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="M380.6 81.7c7.9 15.8 1.5 35-14.3 42.9L103.6 256 366.3 387.4c15.8 7.9 22.2 27.1 14.3 42.9s-27.1 22.2-42.9 14.3l-320-160C6.8 279.2 0 268.1 0 256s6.8-23.2 17.7-28.6l320-160c15.8-7.9 35-1.5 42.9 14.3z"/></svg>

Use the following HTML code

<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><!--! 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="M380.6 81.7c7.9 15.8 1.5 35-14.3 42.9L103.6 256 366.3 387.4c15.8 7.9 22.2 27.1 14.3 42.9s-27.1 22.2-42.9 14.3l-320-160C6.8 279.2 0 268.1 0 256s6.8-23.2 17.7-28.6l320-160c15.8-7.9 35-1.5 42.9 14.3z"/></svg>
 Less-Than displayed using SVG</p>

Apply CSS code

  <style>
    .fontawesomesvg {width: 1em;
      height: 1em;
      vertical-align: -.125em;
    }
  </style>

Change Less-Than font awesome icon size

To increase Less-Than font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class \3c. Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-lg'>fa-lg</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-2x'>fa-2x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-3x'>fa-3x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-4x'>fa-4x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-5x'>fa-5x</i><br/>

Less-Than font awesome icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example Less-Than 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-less-than fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-less-than 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/>

Less-Than font awesome icon Border

To add border to Less-Than font awesome icon, use fa-border class.

<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-border fa-3x'></i>

Pull Less-Than font awesome icon To the left

To pull Less-Than icon to the left of the container use fa-pull-left class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-pull-left fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Less-Than Icon will be displayed on the right side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Pull Less-Than font awesome icon To the left

To pull Less-Than icon to the right of the container use fa-pull-right class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-pull-right fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Less-Than Icon will be displayed on the left side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Animate Less-Than font awesome icon

To animate Less-Than font awesome icon, use fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-spin fa-3x'></i>

Animate Less-Than font awesome icon with steps

While animating the font awesome icon,We can rotate Less-Than icon in 8 steps instead of uniform rotation.

We can use fa-pulse icon along with fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-spin fa-pulse fa-3x'></i>

Rotate Less-Than font awesome icon

To rotate Less-Than font awesome icon, Use fa-rotate-x class

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-3x'>R</i>normal<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-rotate-90 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-90<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-rotate-180  fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-180<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-rotate-270 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-270<br/><br/>
</div>

Flip Less-Than font awesome icon

To flip Less-Than font awesome icon horizontally and vertically use fa-flip-horizontal and fa-flip-vertical classes.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-3x'>F</i> Normal <br>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-flip-horizontal fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-horizontal<br>
<i class='fas fa-less-than fa-flip-vertical fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-vertical<br>
</div>

Combine Less-Than 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 Less-Than 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-less-than fa-stack-1x'></i>
    </span>
      Less-Than on fa-square<br>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-less-than fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
    </span>
      Less-Than on fa-circle<br>

    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-less-than fa-stack-1x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
    </span>
      Less-Than on fa-ban
</div>