If you like control, you can host Font Awesome yourself, and you can choose to use Web Fonts + CSS described below or SVG + JS to get icons into your projects.
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The /webfonts folder contains all of the typeface files, i.e., the icons. The /css/all.css file contains the core styling plus all of the icon styles you'll need when using Font Awesome.
Which Files and Folders
What’s in there
/fontawesome6/pro/webfonts
Icons as Web Fonts to be used with CSS
/fontawesome6/pro/css
CSS files for using Web Fonts
/fontawesome6/free/webfonts
Just the Free Icons as Web Fonts to be used with CSS
Copy the /webfonts folder and the /css/all.css file into your project’s assets directory where other images and CSS are stored. You'll want to keep them in the same directory.
Copy webfonts and CSS assets into one of your project directories
Include Font Awesome in Your Project
Add a link to the /your-path-to-fontawesome/css/all.css file into the <head> of each template or page where you want to use Font Awesome.
<head><!--load all Font Awesome styles --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/all.css"rel="stylesheet"></head>
Just this once, we recommend letting things go to your head.
Double-Check Your Paths
Make sure the paths of the files you've included in your pages' <head> are accurate with where you've moved all of Font Awesome's files in your project.
Yuss! You’re Ready to Add Icons
Like Anakin said, it’s woooorking! All of our icons are now ready to do your project’s bidding. Learn how to add them to your project and then use their power to bring order and style to your UI!
Want to use just certain styles of icons when using our Web Fonts with CSS framework? The /css folder contains the core styling and additional files for all of Font Awesome's style options -- solid, regular, light, duotone, thin, and brands. The /webfonts folder contains all of the typeface files that the above CSS files depend on.
Copy both the /webfonts and the /css folders into your project's static assets directory (or wherever you prefer to keep front-end assets or vendor stuff). You can remove any styles' .css and web font files you don't plan on using if you'd like.
Include the core styling file (/css/fontawesome.css) and the CSS for individual styles (e.g., /css/brands.css) into the <head> of each template or page that you want to use Font Awesome on. Pay attention to the pathing of your project and where you moved the files in the previous step.
If your project is using an older version of Font Awesome, we've got you covered with backward compatiiblity.
Version 5 Compatibility
If you are loading Font Awesome using the css/all.css file, our CSS will translate any Font Awesome 5 icon names, style syntax, and CSS pseudo-element icon references automatically.
<head><!-- load all Font Awesome styles + include all v5 backwards compatibility by default --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/all.css"rel="stylesheet"></head>
If, however, you are using only certain styles, you will need to also include the css/v5-font-face.css file. This file declares new @font-face rules for the various v5 font-family CSS values and points their url properties at latest version's font files. This is useful when writing custom CSS or using pseudo-elements.
<head><!-- our project just needs Font Awesome Solid + Brands --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/fontawesome.css"rel="stylesheet"><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/brands.css"rel="stylesheet"><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/solid.css"rel="stylesheet"><!-- update existing v5 CSS to use v6 icons and assets --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/v5-font-face.css"rel="stylesheet"></head>
Version 4 Compatibility
If your project contains Font Awesome 4 icon references, you can include additional files to support that specific version as well.
In addition to whatever v6 CSS files you're including, you'll want to include the following v4-shims.js file, which will map v4 icon names to icons in the latest version of Font Awesome.
<head><!-- load all Font Awesome styles --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/all.css"rel="stylesheet"><!-- support v4 icon references/syntax --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/v4-shim.css"rel="stylesheet"></head>
Similarly to Version 5 compatibility, if you are using only certain styles, you will need to also include the css/v4-font-face.css file to update your project's v4 CSS to use the latest version's Web Fonts. This again is useful when writing custom CSS or using pseudo-elements.
<head><!-- our project just needs Font Awesome Solid + Brands --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/fontawesome.css"rel="stylesheet"/><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/brands.css"rel="stylesheet"/><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/solid.css"rel="stylesheet"/><!-- update existing v4 CSS to use v6 icons and assets --><linkhref="/your-path-to-fontawesome/css/v4-font-face.css"rel="stylesheet"/></head>
