Font Awesome
{{Short description|Font and icon toolkit based on CSS and Less}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Font Awesome
| logo = Font Awesome 5 logo black.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| screenshot =
| caption =
| developer = Font Awesome Team
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2012|03|03}}{{r|"v1.0.0"}}
| latest_release_version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q19571791|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest_release_date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q19571791|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| operating_system = Cross-platform (web-based application)
| genre =
| license = Freemium
}}
Font Awesome is a font and icon toolkit based on CSS and Less. As of 2024, Font Awesome was used by 25.4% of sites that use third-party font scripts, placing Font Awesome in second place after Google Fonts.{{cite web |title=Global market share of Font Script technologies |url=https://www.wappalyzer.com/categories/font-scripts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630200218/https://www.wappalyzer.com/technologies/font-scripts/ |archive-date=30 June 2023 |access-date=26 August 2024 |publisher=Wappalyzer}}
History
It was made by Dave Gandy for use with Bootstrap.{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/releases/tag/v1.0.0 |title=Font Awesome v1.0.0 |date=2022-02-02 |website=GitHub}}{{Cite web|title=Font Awesome, the iconic font designed for Bootstrap|url=https://khan.github.io/Font-Awesome/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=khan.github.io|quote=Made for Bootstrap. Designed from scratch to be fully compatible with Bootstrap 2.3.2.}} Font Awesome can be downloaded from BootstrapCDN.{{Cite web|title=BootstrapCDN - Font Awesome|url=https://www.bootstrapcdn.com/fontawesome/|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.bootstrapcdn.com|language=en}}
Font Awesome 5 was released on December 7, 2017, with 1,278 icons.{{Cite web|url=https://fontawesome.com/|title=Font Awesome|website=Font Awesome|language=en|access-date=2017-12-09}} Version 5 comes in two packages: Font Awesome Free and the proprietary Font Awesome Pro (available for $99 a year). The free versions (all releases up to 4 and the free version for 5 and 6) are available under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, and MIT License.{{Cite web|url=https://fontawesome.com/license|title=Pro License {{!}} Font Awesome|website=Font Awesome|date=2018-07-12|access-date=2021-03-19}}
Font Awesome 6 is the latest version which was released in February 2022.{{Cite web |title=Font Awesome Versions |url=https://fontawesome.com/versions |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=Font Awesome |language=en}} Users will be able to upload their own icons and receive more icons on top of the existing ones from Font Awesome 5.{{Cite web |title=Plans & Pricing / Font Awesome |url=https://fontawesome.com/plans |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=Font Awesome}}
On the 16th of March, 2022, Font Awesome announced a collaboration with United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for humanitarian icons in Font Awesome 6.1.0.{{cite web |last=Raphael |first=Jory |date=16 March 2022 |title=Font Awesome and OCHA Partner to Create Humanitarian Icons |url=https://blog.fontawesome.com/humanitarian-icons/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=Blog Awesome}}
Font Awesome released the rest of the Duotone styles for both the Duotone and Sharp Duotone families. The price for Font Awesome Pro Lite, Pro and Pro Max will increase from $49, $99 and $499 a year to $60, $120 and $600 a year starting in 2025.{{cite web |last=Font |first=Awesome |date=20 November 2024 |title=No, You're Not Seeing Double. We Just Added the Remaining Duotone Styles! |url=https://blog.fontawesome.com/duotone-icons-styles-upgrade/ |access-date=24 November 2024 |website=Blog Awesome}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
- {{github|FortAwesome/Font-Awesome}}
{{Free and open-source typography}}