Font_Awesome

Font Awesome

Font Awesome

Font and icon toolkit based on CSS and Less

Font Awesome is a font and icon toolkit based on CSS and Less. As of 2023, Font Awesome was used by 30% of sites that use third-party font scripts, placing Font Awesome in second place after Google Fonts.[3]

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History

It was made by Dave Gandy for use with Bootstrap.[4][5] Font Awesome can be downloaded from BootstrapCDN.[6]

Font Awesome 5 was released on December 7, 2017, with 1,278 icons.[7] Version 5 comes in two packages: Font Awesome Free and the proprietary Font Awesome Pro (available for a fee). The free versions (all releases up to 4 and the free version for 5) are available under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, and MIT License.[8]

Font Awesome 6 is the latest version which was released in February 2022.[9] Users will be able to upload their own icons and receive more icons on top of the existing ones from Font Awesome 5.[10]

On March 16, 2022, Font Awesome announced a collaboration with United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for humanitarian icons in Font Awesome 6.1.[11]

References

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    "Font Awesome v1.0.0". Github. 2 February 2022.
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    "Global market share of Font Script technologies". Wappalyzer. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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    "Font Awesome v1.0.0". Github. 2 February 2022.
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    "Font Awesome, the iconic font designed for Bootstrap". khan.github.io. Retrieved 1 June 2021. Made for Bootstrap. Designed from scratch to be fully compatible with Bootstrap 2.3.2.
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    "BootstrapCDN - Font Awesome". www.bootstrapcdn.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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    "Font Awesome". Font Awesome. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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    "Pro License | Font Awesome". Font Awesome. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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    "Font Awesome". Font Awesome. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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    "Plans & Pricing / Font Awesome". Font Awesome. Retrieved 8 February 2022.[permanent dead link]
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    "Font Awesome and OCHA Partner to Create Humanitarian Icons". Blog Awesome. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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