What is CSS Icons?
Icons come in scalable vector libraries that can be customized with CSS
Common libraries are:
- Font Awesome Icons
- Bootstrap Icons
- Google Icons
How To?
To use icons, just add a link to the icon library the
<head> section of your HTML page:
No downloads or installations required!
To insert an icon, add the name of the icon class to any inline HTML element
like <i> or <span>.
Font Awesome Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<i class="fa fa-cloud"></i>
<i class="fa
fa-heart"></i>
<i class="fa fa-car"></i>
<i class="fa fa-file"></i>
<i class="fa fa-bars"></i>
</body>
</html>
Try It Yourself »
For a complete list of icons (Font Awesome, Bootstrap and Google), visit W3School's Icon Reference.
Bootstrap Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-cloud"></i>
<i class="glyphicon
glyphicon-remove"></i>
<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></i>
<i
class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></i>
<i class="glyphicon
glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i>
</body>
</html>
Try It Yourself »Google Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="/icon?family=Material+Icons">
</head>
<body>
<i class="material-icons">cloud</i>
<i
class="material-icons">favorite</i>
<i
class="material-icons">attachment</i>
<i
class="material-icons">computer</i>
<i class="material-icons">traffic</i>
</body>
</html>
Try It Yourself »
Full Icons Tutorial
This has been a short description of Icons.
For a full Icons tutorial go to W3Schools Icons Tutorial.
For a full Icons reference go to W3Schools Icons Reference.
