News and information from Font Awesome – the internet's favorite icon set – mixed with musings and nerdery from the team behind it.
It’s been three years since I broke ground on Shoelace 2.0. Between then and now, the project has amassed over 300 million monthly hits on jsDelivr and as of today, it is jsDelivr’s 73rd most popular project. And that was just the beta version. Today, I’m happy to announce that the first stable release of […]
The best way to spread icon cheer is by singing loud for all to hear! If we could send you a singing telegram to show our appreciation, we would. But that miiiight be a little weird. Maybe a blog will do? Anyhoo, we’re so thankful that you chose Font Awesome. We hope this season finds […]
One ring icon to rule them all … How many icons are enough? Well, we’ve been saying juuuust a few more ever since 2012. What can we say? Icon tech and design cast a spell on us. And now we’ve cast a technological spell of our own, so Pro users have the power to wield […]
If you have a Font Awesome Pro plan, you might be wondering how the license works, what “seats” are — and who within your organization is required to have one. Here’s the TL;DR of “who needs a seat.” When you sign up for Font Awesome Pro, you get a perpetual license which is just a […]
Are you looking forward to exploring your design possibilities using Font Awesome Pro in Beaver Builder? These two tools can help you take your WordPress website to the next level. However, you might not know how to integrate them on your site. Fortunately, these premium tools are highly compatible, and integrating them is straightforward. All […]
We’ve got some super-big, super-awesome news today. Shoelace and its creator, Cory LaViska, are joining Font Awesome!
Meet Trevor Chase, the Real Human™ behind Font Awesome Pro technical support. Trevor lets us in on the most common tech support questions he gets, why he made a career change from Middle school principal to the world of tech and a little about his coffee roasting obsession. What’s your professional background, and what’s your […]
I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. At Font Awesome, we make icons. Lots of icons. Like, literally, thousands of icons. We have coding icons, shopping icons, and even science fiction icons. We have icons that tell the weather and icons that tell the time. We even have icons for the best of times […]
Well hello, Mr. Fancy Pants. Rubber chickens and squirting flowers are great accessories for lots of occasions — just not a black tie event. And so it is with design. It’s true that Font Awesome is known for the whimsical and zany, but sometimes you need an icon family that captures a more formal tone. […]
Silk Suit, Black Tie, I Don’t Need a Reason Why When you need subtle design touches for your project, the right icons can make a big difference. That’s why we’re so excited to announce Font Awesome Sharp. In this first round of icon sharpening, Sharp Solid is strutting its stuff down the catwalk, with Sharp […]
Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler. It’s strange to think that a few short years ago, the common experience of white-collar work included the rush hour grind, pointless team meetings, and idle chit-chat at the water-cooler. But work has changed a lot since the coming of the dreaded plague, and many of us […]
Searching deep within the Neltharion Archives has finally rewarded your diligence. Blowing the dust from the ancient script, you read and discover your search has ended. Now, with the scroll of “How to Use Font Awesome DnD icons,” the adventure can begin. Whether you’re a 10th-level code Wizard or a level-1 Medium, there’s no reason […]
You may have noticed we updated the look and feel of our site when we launched Font Awesome 6. Well, we have Font Awesome’s designer and front-end developer Kelsey Jackson to thank for a good chunk of that work. In this Nerd Show and Tell, we catch up with Kelsey about the challenge of deciding […]
Hi, I’m Noah, Senior Icon Designer here at Font Awesome. I’ve always drawn very small — ever since I was young, I would doodle super tiny. I didn’t know why then, but after years of drawing tiny pictures, I think I’ve figured it out: icon sets are like tiny little universes. Through what they depict […]
We’ve had to cleanse our palate of the “move fast and break things” idea for when folks upgrade Font Awesome — especially between major versions.
