Font Awesome not working, icons showing as squares
CssHtmlTwitter BootstrapFont AwesomeCss Problem Overview
So I'm trying to prototype a marketing page and I'm using Bootstrap and the new Font Awesome file. The problem is that when I try to use an icon, all that gets rendered on the page is a big square.
Here's how I include the files in the head:
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap-responsive.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/font-awesome.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/app.css">
<!--[if IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/font-awesome-ie7.min.css">
<![endif]-->
</head>
And here's an example of me trying to use an icon:
<i class="icon-camera-retro"></i>
But all that gets rendered in a big square. Does anyone know what could be going on?
Css Solutions
Solution 1 - Css
You must have 2 classes, the fa class and the class that identifies the desired icon fa-twitter, fa-search, etc …
<!-- Wrong -->
<i class="fa-search"></i>
<!-- Correct -->
<i class="fa fa-search"></i>
Bootstrap 5 update
> Note: "The fa prefix has been deprecated in version 5. The new default is the fas solid style and the fab style for brands." – Terje Solem
Solution 2 - Css
According to the documentation (step 3), you need to modify the supplied CSS file to point to the font location on your site.
Solution 3 - Css
Use this
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
I had similar issue with Amazon Cloudfront CDN but it got resolved after I started loading it from maxcdn
Solution 4 - Css
Check to ensure that you haven't inadvertently changed the font family on the icon. If you have changed the .fa item's font family from: FontAwesome the icon will not show. It's always something silly and small.
Solution 5 - Css
If you are using LESS or SASS, open the font-awesome.less/sass file and edit the path variable @fa-font-path: "../font"; which points to the actual fonts:
@fa-font-path: "../font";
@font-face {
font-family: 'FontAwesome';
src: url('@{fa-font-path}/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=3.0.1');
src: url('@{fa-font-path}/fontawesome-webfont.eot?#iefix&v=3.0.1') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('@{fa-font-path}/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=3.0.1') format('woff'),
url('@{fa-font-path}/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=3.0.1') format('truetype');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
Same with CSS, except you edit the path in the @font-face declaration block:
@font-face {
font-family: 'FontAwesome';
src: url('your/path/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=3.0.1');
src: url('your/path/fontawesome-webfont.eot?#iefix&v=3.0.1') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('your/path/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=3.0.1') format('woff'),
url('your/path/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=3.0.1') format('truetype');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
Solution 6 - Css
Open your font-awesome.css theres code like :
@font-face {
font-family: 'FontAwesome';
src: url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=4.5.0');
src: url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?#iefix&v=4.5.0') format('embedded-opentype'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.5.0') format('woff2'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=4.5.0') format('woff'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=4.5.0') format('truetype'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg?v=4.5.0#fontawesomeregular') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
you must have folder like :
font awesome -> css
-> fonts
or the easiest way :
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
Solution 7 - Css
You must have 2 classes, the fas class and the fa-* class. See Basic Use in the docs:
> The fa prefix has been deprecated in version 5. The new default is the fas solid style and the fab style for brands.
// Correct (version >= 5)
<i class="fas fa-search"></i>
// Wrong (version < 5)
<i class="fa fa-search"></i>
Solution 8 - Css
I am using Font Awesome 4.3.0 just linking from maxcdn works as mentioned here,
But to host in your server putting fonts and CSS in same folder worked for me, like this
Then just link the CSS:
<link href="~/fonts/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
Solution 9 - Css
I tried to solve the same problem with a few previous solutions, but they didn't work in my situation. Finally, I added these 2 lines in HEAD and it worked:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/assets/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css">
Solution 10 - Css
If you are using the version 5.* or greater, then you have to use the
> all.css or > all.min.css
Including the fontawesome.css does not work as it has no reference to the webfonts folder and there is no reference to the @font-face or font-family
You can inspect this by searching the code for the font-family property in fontawesome.css or fontawesome.min.css
Solution 11 - Css
I had this issue and went through each step carefully...even though I've been using FA for ages...and then I realized I had this line in my mail css file:
* {
font-family: Arial !important;
}
Silly mistake, but this could tip off someone in future!
Solution 12 - Css
I had this issue. The problem was I had a font-family CSS style with !important overriding the fontawesome font.
Solution 13 - Css
In case you are working with Maven and Apache Wicket also check for the following in order to try to resolve the issue with Font-Awesome and icons not being loaded:
If you have placed your files for example in the following file structure
/src
/main
/java
/your
/package
/css
font-awesome.css
/font
fontawesome-webfont.eot
fontawesome-webfont.svg
fontawesome-webfont.svgz
fontawesome-webfont.ttf
fontawesome-webfont.woff
Check 1) Are you correctly using a Package Resource Guard in order to allow to load the font files correctly?
Example from your class which extends WebApplication:
@Override
public void init() {
super.init();
get().getResourceSettings().setPackageResourceGuard(new PackageResourceGuard());
}
Check 2) After you have made sure that all fonts are correctly transferred to the Web Browser, check for what has been actually transferred to the Web Browser, i.e., did the integrity of the font files change? Compare the files in your source directory and the files transferred to the Web Browser using, e.g., the Web Developer Toolbar of Firefox and DiffDog (for file comparison).
In particular if you are using Maven be aware of resource filtering. Do not filter the folder where your /font files are contained - otherwise they will be corrupted.
Example from your pom.xml
<build>
<finalName>Your project</finalName>
<resources>
<resource>
<filtering>true</filtering>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
<resource>
<filtering>false</filtering>
<directory>src/main/java</directory>
<includes>
<include>**</include>
</includes>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
</build>
In the example above we do not filter the folder src/main/java, where the css and font files are contained.
For further information on the filtering of binary data please also see the documentation:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/examples/filter.html
In particular the documentation warns: "Warning: Do not filter files with binary content like images! This will most likely result in corrupt output. If you have both text files and binary files as resources, you need to declare two mutually exclusive resource sets. The first resource set defines the files to be filtered and the other resource set defines the files to copy unaltered..."
Solution 14 - Css
As of Dec 2018, I find it easier to use the stable version 4.7.0 hosted on bootstrapcdn instead of the font-awesome 5.x.x cdn on their website -- since every time they upgrade minor versions the previous version WILL break.
<link media="all" rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
Icons are the same:
<i class="fa fa-facebook"></i>
Solution 15 - Css
font-weight: 900;
I had a different issue with Font Awesome 5. Default font-weight should be 900 for FontAwesome icons but I overwrote it to 400 for span and i tags. It just worked, when I corrected it.
Here is the issue reference in their Github page, https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/11946
Solution 16 - Css
This should be much simpler in the new version 3.0. Easiest is to point to the Bootstrap CDN: http://www.bootstrapcdn.com/?v=01042013155511#tab_fontawesome
Solution 17 - Css
If your server is IIS, be sure to add the correct MIME to serve .woff file extension.
The correct MIME is application/octet-stream
Solution 18 - Css
You must return the header Access-Control-Allow-Origin to * for your fonts files
Solution 19 - Css
After struggling for finding a solution and NOT finding the official documentation helpful, this solved the issue for me:
-
Download the Fontawesome.zip. I'm using version 5.10.2 and i got it from here https://fontawesome.com/download
-
Inside the zip file there are several folders.You only need css and webfonts folders
-
Create 2 folders in your web projects, and name them css and webfonts.
These names are mandatory. Now copy the content of css and webfonts from the zip into the corresponding folders in your project. And that's all!
Beware fontawesome! Awesomeness is making things simple for the user!
Solution 20 - Css
I was having the same issue with font awesome 5 downloaded with yarn, I made added the min.css file ALONG with the all.js file.
Hope this helps someone someone
<link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/fontawesome.min.css">
<script src="node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/js/all.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Solution 21 - Css
It could be possible that your font path is not correct so that css not able to load the font and render the icons so you need to provide the stranded path of attached fonts.
@font-face {
font-family: "FontAwesome";
src: url("fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot");
}
Solution 22 - Css
Use this <i class="fa fa-camera-retro" ></i> you have not defined fa classes
Solution 23 - Css
Starting in version 5, if you downloaded the package from this site:
https://fontawesome.com/download
The fonts are in the all.css and all.min.css file.
This is what your reference would look like using the latest version now (replace with your folder):
<link href="/MyProject/Content/fontawesome-free-5.10.1-web/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
Solution 24 - Css
I have changed from 3.2.1 to 4.0.1 and the folder was font and now is called fonts.
src: url('../font/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=3.2.1');
src: url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=4.0.1');
Solution 25 - Css
I use the Official Font Awesome SASS Ruby Gem and fixed the error by adding the below line to my application.css.scss
@import "font-awesome-sprockets";
Explanation: >The font-awesome-sprockets file includes the sprockets assest helper Sass functions used for finding the proper path to the font file.
Solution 26 - Css
if your using sass and have imported in your main.scss
@import '../vendor/font-awesome/scss/font-awesome.scss';
The error may come from the font-awesome.scss file that is looking for the font files in it's relative path.
So remember to override the $fa-font-path variable:
$fa-font-path: "https://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/fonts" !default;
like this there is no need to add the cdn in your index.html
Solution 27 - Css
Double check the fontawesome-all.css file - at the very bottom there will be a path to the webfonts folder. Mine had "../webfonts" format in it, which meant that the css file would be looking 1 level up from where it is. As all of my css files were in css folder and I added the fonts to the same folder, this was not working.
Just move your fonts folder up a level and all should be well :)
Tested with Font Awesome 5.0
Solution 28 - Css
Use with the upper class
<div class="container">
<i class="fa fa-facebook"></i>
</div>
Solution 29 - Css
The /css/all.css file contains the core styling plus all of the icon styles that you’ll need when using Font Awesome. The /webfonts folder contains all of the typeface files that the above CSS references and depends on.
Copy the entire /webfonts folder and the /css/all.css into your project’s static assets directory (or where ever you prefer to keep front end assets or vendor stuff).
Add a reference to the copied /css/all.css file into the of each template or page that you want to use Font Awesome on.
Just Visit - https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/setup/hosting-font-awesome-yourself You will get the answer.
Solution 30 - Css
MUST WORK THIS WAY
- make sure you have the fontawesome cdn linked in the top of your page
fontawesome cdn
- make sure the .fa class has not been given another font-family property. Usually this happens when we give all the tags in our page a style. like this
* {
font-family: Arial;
}
instead use this
*:not(.fa){
font-family: Arial;
}
- make sure you typed in the exact class name give in the fontawesome website. copy and paste to make sure.
If you are using Cloudflare CDN you can use the link tag below to use font awesome in your page
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.3/css/all.min.css">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
Solution 31 - Css
With the (free) Font Awesome 5 version, there's this tiny detail which was hard to figure out for me and I didn't pay attention to it:
Style Availability Style Prefix Example Rendering
Solid Free fas <i class="fas fa-camera"></i>
Brands Free fab <i class="fab fa-font-awesome"></i>
(extracted from the documentation)
With this cited, brand icons such as fa-twitter or fa-react need to be used with class fab while all other (free) icons need to be used with class fas. That's easy to oversee.
Solution 32 - Css
After 5+ hours of struggling I found what was causing the problem for me.
- Using FontAwesome 5 you should be using fas (notice the "s" at the end):
<i class="fas fa-camera"></i>
- I was using "regular" font, which apparently is paid in this version - I switched to "solid" and it all started working fine.
Solution 33 - Css
Using absolute instead of relative paths solved it for me. I was using relative paths (see first example below) and that didn't work. I checked via console and found the server was returning a 404, files not found.
Relative path caused a 404:
@font-face {
font-family: "FontAwesome";
src: url("../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=4.0.3");
}
Absolute path solved it cross browser:
@font-face {
font-family: "FontAwesome";
src: url("http://www.mysite.com/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=4.0.3");
}
I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you have to, but it works for me. Ofcourse, you should repeat this for all the font formats in the font-awesome.css file.
Solution 34 - Css
It wasn't working for me because I had Allow from none directive for the root directory in my apache config. Here's how I got it to work...
My directory structure:
root/
root/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css
root/font-awesome/4.4.0/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.*
root/dir1/index.html
where my index.html has:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
I chose to continue to disallow access to my root and instead added another directory entry in my apache config for root/font-awesome/
<Directory "/path/root/font-awesome/">
Allow from all
</Directory>
Solution 35 - Css
My problem was with adding the
<link rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css">
inside a
<!-- build:css assets/styles/main.css -->
<!-- endbuild -->
tag
I fixed it by placing it outside the tag.
Solution 36 - Css
What fixed the issue for me (on my Windows 7 machine) was decrypting my project directory. It's crazy how many visual and functional glitches originally arise from that when testing your website. Just get to a command prompt and run:
attrib -R %PROJECT_PATH%\*.* /S
cipher /a /d /s:%PROJECT_PATH%
...where %PROJECT_PATH% is the full pathname to the directory where your code is stored.
Solution 37 - Css
Now in fontawesome 5 you can deliver a cached version of JS over Https.
<script defer src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.9/js/all.js" integrity="sha384-8iPTk2s/jMVj81dnzb/iFR2sdA7u06vHJyyLlAd4snFpCl/SnyUjRrbdJsw1pGIl" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
More info on https://fontawesome.com/get-started/svg-with-js
Solution 38 - Css
I tried a number of the suggestions above without success.
I use the NuGeT packages. The are (for some reason) multiple named version (font-awesome, fontawesome, font.awesome, etc.)
For what it's worth: I removed all the version installed and then only installed the latest version of font.awesome. font.awesome just worked without the need to tweak or configure anything.
I assume there are a number of things are missing from the other named versions.
Solution 39 - Css
So many answers so I add my working for me (Change name if you dont use PRO): In _typography.less
//
// Common
// _____________________________________________
& when (@media-common = true) {
.lib-font-face(
@family-name: @font-family-name__fontawsomeregular,
@font-path: '@{baseDir}fonts/webfonts/fa-regular-400',
@font-weight: 400,
@font-style: normal
);
.lib-font-face(
@family-name: @font-family-name__fontawsomelight,
@font-path: '@{baseDir}fonts/webfonts/fa-light-300',
@font-weight: 300,
@font-style: normal
);
.lib-font-face(
@family-name: @font-family-name__fontawsomebrands,
@font-path: '@{baseDir}fonts/webfonts/fa-brands-400',
@font-weight: normal,
@font-style: normal
);
.lib-font-face(
@family-name: @font-family-name__fontawsomesolid,
@font-path: '@{baseDir}fonts/webfonts/fa-solid-900',
@font-weight: 900,
@font-style: normal
);
}
In _theme.less
@import '../includes/fontawesome/fontawesome.less';
@fa-font-path: '@{baseDir}fonts/webfonts';
// Fonts
@font-family-name__fontawsomeregular: 'Font Awesome 5 Pro';
@font-family-name__fontawsomelight: 'Font Awesome 5 Pro';
@font-family-name__fontawsomebrands: 'Font Awesome 5 Brands';
@font-family-name__fontawsomesolid: 'Font Awesome 5 Pro';
and example of usage:
.my-newclass:before{
content: '\f002';
display: inline-block;
float: left;
font-family: @font-family-name__fontawsomelight;
font-size: 16px;
}
Solution 40 - Css
Please add
@import 'https://****.net/*********/font-awesome.min.css';
@font-face {
font-family: 'FontAwesome';
src: url('https://****.net/*********/FontAwesome.otf');
src: url('https://****.net/*********/FontAwesome.otf?#iefix')
}
This to top of your css, download and link the css and font correctly, the problem is due to FontAwesome not loading correctly.
Thanks
Solution 41 - Css
If you installed font-awesome via package manager (yarn or npm) then, please be aware which version was installed. Alternatively, if you've already installed font-awesome long time ago then, check what version was installed.
In essence, versions installed via package managers might be behind version that is shown on https://fontawesome.com/ website. Thus, as it is today (21.06.2019) package manager will install v4.7.0 as the latest version but, website will point to documentation that refers to v5.*.
Solution, visit the website that documents icons for v4.7.0 https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0, copy appropriate icon e.g. <i class="fa fa-sign-in" aria-hidden="true"></i> and incorporate it into your html. More context can be found here.
Solution 42 - Css
If the MIME TYPE is already having the .woff and .woff2 file types and still it's giving HTTP-404 error, check the request filtering. If this is restrictive, add these file types these with allow to serve and it shall work. Check it out!
Solution 43 - Css
I found a solution today which was to:
- Download the entire project from their Github page
- Then follow the rest of the steps on their page under the Default CSS section about moving the directory into your project and adding the link in the HEAD section of an .html file
The problem with their documentation is that they do not specify a link to where you should get a copy of the entire font-awesome project to put into your project.