Web Icons - Quick Guide

Web Icons - Introduction

An icon is a symbol that is used to represent a specific action or a capability on a webpage. Icons are used in documents as well as applications and they can be either selec

Web Icons - Introduction

An icon is a symbol that is used to represent a specific action or a capability on a webpage. Icons are used in documents as well as applications and they can be either selectable or non-selectable. For example, the images that we see on the buttons of an application are all icons and these buttons are selectable. Similarly, when we use an icon as a company logo, it is normally non-selectable.

Font Awesome Icons

Font Awesome icons library provides 519 free scalable vector icons. This library is completely free for both personal and commercial use. Originally designed for Bootstrap, these icons can be customized easily.

Font Awesome - Web Application Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Web Application icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Hand Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Hand icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Transportation Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Transportation icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Gender Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Gender icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - File Type Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome File Type icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Spinner Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Spinner icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Form Control Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Form Control icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Payment Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Payment icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Chart Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Chart icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>

Font Awesome - Currency Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Currency icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Text Editor Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Text Editor icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>

Font Awesome - Directional Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Directional icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>

Font Awesome - Video Player Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Video Player icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>

Font Awesome - Brand icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Brand icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

      <style>

Font Awesome - Medical Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Font Awesome Medical icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<html>
   <head>

Material Icons

Google provides a set of 750 icons designed under "material design guidelines" and these are known as Material Design icons. These icons are simple and they support all modern web browsers. Since these icons are vector based, they are scalable as well. To use these icons, we have to load the font (library) material-icons.

Material - Action Icons

This chapter explains the usage of Google's (Material) Action Icons. Assume that custom is the CSS class name where we defined the size and color, as shown in the example given below.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>