News and information from Font Awesome – the internet’s favorite icon set – mixed with musings and nerdery from the team behind it.

  1. Ever Have Trouble with Unicode Variation Selectors? It Didn’t Work for Us, Either. Here’s What We Learned and How We Fixed It

    Failure is growth. Failure is learning. But sometimes, failure is just failure. If you’ve been hanging in there with us since beta1, maybe you bumped into problems with Duotone icons? We’re sorry about that (read on to learn how we fixed the issue). Are you a font tech nerd? Interested in stories related to the iterative process of trying, failing, and trying again? Then this blog is for you. TLDR; For

    Ever Have Trouble with Unicode Variation Selectors? It Didn’t Work for Us, Either. Here’s What We Learned and How We Fixed It
  2. What We Learned About Painting Ourselves into a Corner with Our Own Tech: Icon Unicodes and Ligatures Edition What We Learned About Painting Ourselves into a Corner with Our Own Tech: Icon Unicodes and Ligatures Edition
  3. Now You Can Stop Shoehorning Solutions to Get Icons Working with Your Tech — Font Awesome Matches Your Tool Stack Now You Can Stop Shoehorning Solutions to Get Icons Working with Your Tech — Font Awesome Matches Your Tool Stack
  4. Working with Icons: Expectations vs. Reality Working with Icons: Expectations vs. Reality
  5. Find Icons with the Right Look and Feel for Your Site (and Quit Wasting Time with Busywork) Find Icons with the Right Look and Feel for Your Site (and Quit Wasting Time with Busywork)
  6. Font Awesome 6 Is Live! See the New Icons, Styles and Upgrade Without the Hassle Font Awesome 6 Is Live! See the New Icons, Styles and Upgrade Without the Hassle
  7. Company Culture: Why We Hire for Humility (Over Skill) Company Culture: Why We Hire for Humility (Over Skill)
  8. FA-1 Behind the Icon: Dumpster Fire FA-1 Behind the Icon: Dumpster Fire
  9. FA1: Behind the Icons – Business Icons FA1: Behind the Icons – Business Icons
  10. FA1: Behind the Icon — Sportsball FA1: Behind the Icon — Sportsball
  11. FA1: Behind the Icon — Poo Storm FA1: Behind the Icon — Poo Storm
  12. 5 Annoying Things You Can STOP Doing When You Get Font Awesome Pro 5 Annoying Things You Can STOP Doing When You Get Font Awesome Pro
  13. [Checklist] How to Choose Between SVG or Webfont [Checklist] How to Choose Between SVG or Webfont
  14. It’s Official. Font Awesome 6 is Coming in February 2022! It’s Official. Font Awesome 6 is Coming in February 2022!
  15. Expanding the Definition of Nerdery: Why Technology for its Own Sake is a Bad Idea Expanding the Definition of Nerdery: Why Technology for its Own Sake is a Bad Idea