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

  1. How I Built Space Awesome with Vue.JS

    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 time doing something innovative and different while also learning new technology. Ultimately this lead me to

    How I Built Space Awesome with Vue.JS
  2. These ARE the Icons You’re Looking For: Why We Updated Our Icon Naming These ARE the Icons You’re Looking For: Why We Updated Our Icon Naming
  3. Icons for Your May 4th Celebration Icons for Your May 4th Celebration
  4. FA1: Mullet — The Story Behind the Icon FA1: Mullet — The Story Behind the Icon
  5. Using Font Awesome with Advanced Custom Fields Using Font Awesome with Advanced Custom Fields
  6. Font Awesome and OCHA Partner to Create Humanitarian Icons Font Awesome and OCHA Partner to Create Humanitarian Icons
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Working with Icons: Expectations vs. Reality Working with Icons: Expectations vs. Reality
  11. 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)
  12. 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
  13. Company Culture: Why We Hire for Humility (Over Skill) Company Culture: Why We Hire for Humility (Over Skill)
  14. FA-1 Behind the Icon: Dumpster Fire FA-1 Behind the Icon: Dumpster Fire
  15. FA1: Behind the Icons – Business Icons FA1: Behind the Icons – Business Icons