Thanks to the power of SVG in Font Awesome 5, now you can scale, position, flip, & rotate icons arbitrarily using the data-fa-transform element attribute. You can even combine them for some super-useful effects.

Before You Get Started

Make sure you're:

• Set up with Font Awesome in your project.
• Using the SVG+JS method of Font Awesome.
• Familiar with the basics of adding Font Awesome icons.

Scaling

Power Transform scaling affects icon size without changing or moving the container. To scale icons up or down, use grow-# and shrink-# with any arbitrary value, including decimals. Units are 1/16em. For clarity in the example, we've added a background color on the icon so you can see the effect.

  <div class="fa-4x">
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="shrink-8" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="grow-6" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
  </div>

Positioning

Power Transform positioning affects icon location without changing or moving the container. To move icons up, down, left, or right, use up-#, down-#, left-#, and right-# with any arbitrary value, including decimals. Units are 1/16em. For clarity in the example, we've added a background color on the icon so you can see the effect.

  <div class="fa-4x">
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="shrink-8" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="shrink-8 up-6" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="shrink-8 right-6" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="shrink-8 down-6" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="shrink-8 left-6" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
  </div>

Rotating & Flipping

Power Transform rotating & flipping affects icon angle and reflection without changing or moving the container. To rotate or flip icons use any combination of rotate-#, flip-v, and flip-h with any arbitrary value. Units are degrees with negative numbers allowed (see fifth icon in the example). For clarity in the example, we've added a background color on the icon so you can see the effect.

  <div class="fa-4x">
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="rotate-90" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="rotate-180" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="rotate-270" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="rotate-30" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="rotate--30" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="flip-v" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="flip-h" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
    <i class="fas fa-seedling" data-fa-transform="flip-v flip-h" style="background:MistyRose"></i>
  </div>

Power Transform data-fa-transform Attributes

HTML data- Attribute	Details
data-fa-transform="shrink-[value]"	Shrinks an icon
data-fa-transform="grow-[value]"	Grows an icon
data-fa-transform="up-[value]"	Moves an icon up
data-fa-transform="right-[value]"	Moves an icon right
data-fa-transform="down-[value]"	Moves an icon down
data-fa-transform="left-[value]"	Moves an icon left
data-fa-transform="rotate-[angle]"	rotates an icon by a specific degree (with negative numbers allowed)
data-fa-transform="flip-h"	mirrors an icon horizontally
data-fa-transform="flip-v"	mirrors icon vertically

Did you know?

You can mix and match any of the power transforms noted above together on a single icon.