News and information from Font Awesome – the internet's favorite icon set – mixed with musings and nerdery from the team behind it.
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.
At Font Awesome we take pride in working with the very best people we know — not only those with top-tier professional skills but the kind of quality human beings we want to work with everyday. That’s why we’re so thrilled to have icon designer extraordinaire Noah Jacobus on the Font Awesome team! In this […]
After an entirely intentional delay (not really) of a few years, we’re happy to announce that our Cotton Bureau store has some lovely new shirts for your wearing-pleasure. They’re wicked soft, fit great, and feature some really freaking amazing icons. FA Tabletop Gaming Icons (New!) Whether you’re a 10th-level code Wizard or a level-1 Medium, […]
Did you ever play Oregon Trail as a kid? Yeah, us too. Now imagine Oregon Trail — but in SPACE!
What I Learned Building the InterWebs’ First Firefly Meets Oregon Trail Text-Based Game At Font Awesome, we schedule cool-down periods to learn new technologies, work on bugs or extra features, and pursue our interests. The goal is to pursue creative ways to better ourselves and Font Awesome. During a recent cool-down, I wanted to spend […]
What’s in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet. When Font Awesome was first released, it included 140 icons, and choosing what to call those icons was a relatively straightforward task. An arrow pointing right was called arrow-right, an icon of headphones was called headphones, and so […]
Ah, yes. A Jedi’s weapon … May the 4th be with you! (And also with you …) At Font Awesome, we love to include icons in our library that bring smiles to folks’ faces. And as such, we thought it would be fun to showcase some icons fit for a galaxy far, far away along […]
