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Font Awesome Reviews

Font Awesome makes it easy to add vector icons and social logos to your website. And version 5 is redesigned and built from the ground up!

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on Reddit and HackerNews. They can help you see what people think about Font Awesome and what they use it for.
  • Am I the only one who hates the redesign of icons?
    i'm pretty confident that Notion did not design these icons - it would, as you say, be a huge waste of their time, and also be very unnecessary. They most likely come from something like https://fontawesome.com, or some other icon library - and they probably changed simply because they updated this library. - Source: Reddit / 9 days ago
  • I made a Concept Image of Windows 23!
    Well done, use better icons FontAwesome, Icons8, try to fix the scaling of elements, and fix shadows, yeah keep going, man. - Source: Reddit / 17 days ago
  • font awesome glyphs
    When I go to the font awesome website to copy a glyph, I'll click on what I want to use, then click copy as glyph but when I go to paste it into the terminal, the glyph is different, does this mean I don't have the correct font awesome installed? I currently have the package 'ttf-font-awesome' installed through pacman and some of the glyphs work just not all of them. I wasn't sure if I also need to change the font... - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago
  • Must-Have Websites for Every Frontend Web Developer
    Unleash your inner designer with Font Awesome, a library of scalable vector icons that you can customize to your heart's desire. Play around with the size, color, drop shadow and more to make your website truly stand out. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago
  • Must-Have Websites for Every Frontend Web Developer
    Font Awesome is a library of scalable vector icons that can be customized (size, color, drop shadow, etc.) and used on websites. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago
  • Using FontAwesome Icons with Nuxt 3
    FontAwesome provides 2,000+ free icons for use in your projects. Here's how to get started using them in your Nuxt 3 app, including how to improve performance by only importing the icons you need. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago
  • Backend: One-on-one (duologue) chatting application with Django channels and SvelteKit
    SvelteKit(v1.0.1), Bootstrap(v5) and Fontawesome(v6.2.0) at the frontend. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago
  • Frontend: One-on-one (Duologue) chatting application with Django channels and SvelteKit
    From the prompts, I chose skeleton project and added TypeScript support. Follow the instructions given by the command after your project has successfully being created. I added bootstrap (v5) and fontawesome (v6.2.0) to the frontend. I also added routes/+layout.svelte and modified routes/+page.svelte. routes/chat/[username]/+page.svelte was created as well to house the websocket logic. Before then,... - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago
  • host google-fonts locally in wordpress
    Font Awesom By Font Awesome :: https://fontawesome.com/ Https://wordpress.org/plugins/font-awesome/ Info: Version: 4.3.1 Last updated: 3 months ago Active installations: 300,000+ WordPress Version: 4.7 or higher Tested up to: 6.0.3 PHP Version: 5.6 or higher Tags: awesome font Font Awesome Font Awesome icon. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago
  • ffconf22
    Alongside the examples were several useful links too e.g. fontjoy.com, type-scale.com, colour.adobe.com, coolers.co and fontawseome.com to name a few. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago
  • Build a Shopping Cart with NextJS, Xata and Cloudinary
    The code above will allow you to use Font Awesome icons in your project. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago
  • 10 FREE SVG Icon Libraries For Front-End Developers
    Font Awesome: The world’s most popular and easiest to use icon set just got an upgrade. More icons. More styles. More Options. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago
  • I so much like the new editor of Godot 4 : the font with the special characters for != and == is so fresh!
    To clarify, ligatures support was added for supporting complex scripts because it's needed to display text in some languages correctly. Coding ligatures, ligature-based icon fonts or more funky ligatures are just a byproduct of Godot now supporting display of ligatures. - Source: Reddit / 5 months ago
  • Blocking fontawesome impacts Web UI
    I have Pi-Hole running on a Pi, and if I access the UI from any browser on my Mac with fontawesome.com open, it works, and when I block fontawesome.com, I get ghost boxes for the glyphicons font in the domain group membership checkmarks. Installing the font on the Mac fixed it. - Source: Reddit / 5 months ago
  • The Open Source Manifesto / Effort Post (Concerning DGG derivatives)
    The "Big Screen" and "Sign In" icons on DGG and VGG are the same, but they are part of Font Awesome, so no issue there. - Source: Reddit / 5 months ago
  • How to use Font Awesome icons for node images in Memgraph Lab
    Font Awesome is a popular icon library. If you ever tried to use a font awesome icon as a background image for a node, you might have noticed you were not able to do that by using the icon directly. Memgraph Lab doesn't support SVG format at this time, but it supports PNG, JPEG, GIF and WEBP formats. Here is a workaround for this problem. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago
  • Animate Loading Indicator on Button With Vanilla Javascript
    At this point we will use fontawesome's spinner icon. We include the cdn but you can also download the kit and set it up manually if you are familiar with the process. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago
  • How I Built A Web Development Challenges Website With $0
    Icons/Illustrations: I chose to use Font Awesome & Pixeltrue. It costs me $0 because both provide free Icons and Illustrations. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago
  • How to make Checkbox Filter with Vue JS
    Next you will need to install the icon packages that you want to use. For the free icon packages. The various icon packages can be found on the Font awesome website. I will be installing free solid, free regular and free brands icon packages. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago
  • How to build a details drop-down with VueJS and TailwindCSS
    For best results, Add a vector library you like. But in this project, I will be using font-awesome. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago
  • My Favorite Free Design Resources
    Fontawesome: This site is well known, especially in the web design industry for their professionally designed icons. You can download them as vectors, html code, or as a font that will convert as an icon in you designs. - Source: Reddit / 8 months ago

External sources with reviews and comparisons of Font Awesome

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10 Best Fontello Alternatives 2021
Similar to other vector makers and Fontello, you can use Font Awesome to create custom icons of your own using a variety of colors, shapes, and font styles. When you’re done, you can share your newly minted icons with others or save them directly on your computer.

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