Font Awesome is a collection of icons that can be used on the page for many purposes including, menu items, list bullets, download icons, etc.
To use the Font Awesome library of icons, go to https://fontawesome.com/ and create an account to get a code to add in the head section of your HTML page.
<script src="https://kit.fontawesome.com/yourcode.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
Then, on the Font Awesome site you can search for icons you want to use. When you find what you’re looking for, it will bring up the following, where you can choose: 1) the CSS code for the icon or, 2) the HTML code for the icon.
Using the Icon in a CSS Style Sheet
Make sure to include the font-family property, display property, and put some padding between the icon and nearby text for the best results.
/* place the font awesome icon before list items */
ul li::before {
content: "\f1c1"; /* pdf icon */
font-family: "FontAwesome";
display: inline-block;
padding-right: 8px;
}
Using the Icon Directly in the HTML Document
To place the icon in your HTML, copy the code provided on the Font Awesome site to the location you want the icon to appear.
<ul>
<li><i class="fa-solid fa-file-pdf"></i> List Item #1</li>
<li><i class="fa-solid fa-file-pdf"></i> List Item #2</li>
</ul>
We’d like to acknowledge that we learned a great deal of our coding from W3Schools and TutorialsPoint, borrowing heavily from their teaching process and excellent code examples. We highly recommend both sites to deepen your experience, and further your coding journey. We’re just hitting the basics here at 1SMARTchicken.
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