News and information from Font Awesome – the internet's favorite icon set – mixed with musings and nerdery from the team behind it.
Designing custom icons is a gas-tly important part of modern design. It can make or break a brand, and sometimes you just need to let one rip and add a bit of spice to a website or app. However, creating custom icons can be a real stinker – a time-consuming and tedious task that can […]
After setting the record in 2016 for the most funded and most backed software Kickstarter ever (both records still hold), the Font Awesome team is back with another Kickstarter! Introducing: WEB AWESOME. There’s less than 48 hours for you to be a part of the Kickstarter and help us make this open source project even more […]
If you haven’t seen the latest installment of the FACU, you really should. So, what the eff is the FACU? Well, it’s not a tech-nerd’s creative new swear (sheesh, get your mind out of the gutter!), it’s the “Font Awesome Cinematic Universe, natch! We just had to get the band back together again. If you’ve kept […]
Hold onto your butts! As you may have already heard, in October of 2022, we started partnering with Shoelace — that fantastic, free, open source library of web components whipped up by tech genius Cory LaViska. Well since then, Shoelace has morphed into — you guessed it — Web Awesome! And to get Web Awesome a good […]
We’re making the world a better place through consensus Paxos algorithms. One of the most valuable pieces of entrepreneurial advice we’ve gotten is to “build something customers want,” (duh) and we wholeheartedly echo that sentiment. And we were privileged to draw directly from that truism from our experience with the renowned Silicon Valley tech accelerator, […]
We’ve noticed over the years that Font Awesome users seem to like learning new stuff. Well, we’re doing our best to listen, and now we’re delivering the goods. That’s why we’ve been publishing more on the YouTubes lately. Plus, the kids seem to like hanging out there. And to keep the education train on track, […]
It’ll give us so much extra space in our room to do activities! When your next project calls for slim and trim, we’ve got you covered. That’s why we’re excited to release Font Awesome Sharp Thin icons. Think of Thin as the pocket square of icons. The perfect accessory for when you need a sophisticated, […]
“Icons, easy, done.” That’s the name of the icon game here at Font Awesome. And though we’re constantly adding new icon designs, tweaks to our tech, and rolling out new features, there’s lots of other work getting done behind the scenes, too. Case in point: the Stripe payment experience. Expanding Stripe payment options to make […]
I may be a genius, but even geniuses make mistakes. Just ask my ex-girlfriend. In this Podcast Awesome recap, we dive into a chat with the one and only Dave Gandy. We outline the secret sauce of Patrick Lencioni’s Six Types of Working Genius. We also give props to the Table Group, Font Awesome’s business […]
In a recent episode of Podcast Awesome, we sat down to chat with Font Awesome icon designers, Jory Raphael and Noah Jacobus. They discuss their philosophy of design and their approach to the design process and how their process varies from project to project. Check out this overview or listen to the whole podcast conversation! […]
I’m consistently inconsistent. I don’t even know what I’m doing consistently. At Font Awesome, we’re always looking for ways to streamline our work, create consistency in our design, and make stuff look, well, awesome. In this blog we’ll share insights from our recent chat with our very own Kelsey Jackson, who recently worked on our […]
Give it up, old man. You can’t fight evolution. I was built for speed! When it comes to design, it’s common to hear the phrase that “tools don’t matter”. While this may be a basic truism used to emphasize that quality of the design is more important than the tools used to create it, the […]
This last June Dave and I joined Jory and Noah on a trip to San Francisco to attend Config 2023. Of course, we were there to provide moral support for their big talk, “We Drew 30,000 icons in Figma and So Can You.” Ah, who am I kidding? We were there to heckle them. Which […]
In this classroom, I will suspend all disbelief. Hey there, smarty pants! Are you ready to get schooled in the wonderful world of Font Awesome? Well, good news, class is in session. We’ve officially launching our new YouTube channel featuring five new bite-sized screencasts that introduce you to all things Font Awesome. We’re spotlighting our […]
I fail to see how you fail to see that it’s awesome! Ever had a failure you thought was the end of the world, but turned out to be a blessing? (This is not a downer episode, we promise.) In episode 11 of Podcast Awesome, Dave talks about the lessons he learned from what he […]
