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

  1. Font Awesome and OCHA Partner to Create Humanitarian Icons

    Here at Font Awesome, we truly believe icons are part of the world’s visual language and serve as a communication tool that can cross language barriers. So when the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reached out last year to propose a collaborative project, we were honored to participate. The work would entail taking their existing humanitarian icons – used to reference disaster areas and in situations where affected people

    Font Awesome and OCHA Partner to Create Humanitarian Icons
  2. Ever Have Trouble with Unicode Variation Selectors? It Didn’t Work for Us, Either. Here’s What We Learned and How We Fixed It Ever Have Trouble with Unicode Variation Selectors? It Didn’t Work for Us, Either. Here’s What We Learned and How We Fixed It
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Working with Icons: Expectations vs. Reality Working with Icons: Expectations vs. Reality
  6. 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)
  7. 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
  8. Company Culture: Why We Hire for Humility (Over Skill) Company Culture: Why We Hire for Humility (Over Skill)
  9. FA-1 Behind the Icon: Dumpster Fire FA-1 Behind the Icon: Dumpster Fire
  10. FA1: Behind the Icons – Business Icons FA1: Behind the Icons – Business Icons
  11. FA1: Behind the Icon — Sportsball FA1: Behind the Icon — Sportsball
  12. FA1: Behind the Icon — Poo Storm FA1: Behind the Icon — Poo Storm
  13. 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
  14. [Checklist] How to Choose Between SVG or Webfont [Checklist] How to Choose Between SVG or Webfont
  15. It’s Official. Font Awesome 6 is Coming in February 2022! It’s Official. Font Awesome 6 is Coming in February 2022!