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</div> <div class="container"> <section class="hidden-print"> <div class="row stripe-ad"> <div class="span8"> <p class="lead"> Setting up Font Awesome can be as simple as adding two lines of code to your website, or you can be a pro and customize the LESS yourself! Font Awesome even plays nicely with <a href="http://getbootstrap.com">Bootstrap</a>! </p> </div> <div class="span4"> <div id="carbonads-container"><div class="carbonad"><div id="azcarbon"></div><script type="text/javascript">var z = document.createElement("script"); z.type = "text/javascript"; z.async = true; z.src = "http://engine.carbonads.com/z/32291/azcarbon_2_1_0_HORIZ"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(z, s);</script></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <div id="bootstrapcdn"> <h2 class="page-header">EASIEST: <a href="http://www.bootstrapcdn.com/#tab_fontawesome">BootstrapCDN</a></h2> <p>Add Font Awesome + Bootstrap into your website with two lines of code. You don't even have to download or install anything!</p> <ol> <li> Paste the following code into the <code><head></code> section of your site's HTML. <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html"><span class="nt"><link</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">"//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/css/bootstrap-combined.no-icons.min.css"</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">"stylesheet"</span><span class="nt">></span> <span class="nt"><link</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">"//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/3.2.1/css/font-awesome.css"</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">"stylesheet"</span><span class="nt">></span> </code></pre></div> <div class="alert alert-info margin-top"> <i class="icon-info-sign"></i> Want to use Font Awesome by itself without Bootstrap? Just don't include the first line. </div> </li> <li> Pat yourself on the back for your scalable-vector-icons-on-the-website <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/312-lingo-judo">judo solution</a> in two lines of code. </li> <li> Check out the <a href="../examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome! </li> </ol> </div> <section id="default-css"> <h2 class="page-header">EASY: Default CSS</h2> <p>Use this method to get the default Font Awesome CSS with the default Bootstrap CSS.</p> <ol> <li>Copy the <code>font-awesome</code> directory into your project.</li> <li> In the <code><head></code> of your html, reference the location to your font-awesome.min.css. <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html"><span class="nt"><link</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">"stylesheet"</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">"path/to/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css"</span><span class="nt">></span> <span class="nt"><link</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">"stylesheet"</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">"path/to/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css"</span><span class="nt">></span> </code></pre></div> </li> <li>Check out the <a href="../examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!</li> </ol> </section> <section id="custom-less"> <h2 class="page-header">PRO: Custom LESS</h2> <p>Use this method to customize Font Awesome and Bootstrap 2.3.2 using LESS.</p> <ol> <li>Copy the <code>font-awesome</code> directory into your project.</li> <li>Open your project's bootstrap/bootstrap.less and replace <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html">@import "sprites.less"; </code></pre></div> with <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html">@import "path/to/font-awesome/less/font-awesome.less"; </code></pre></div> </li> <li> Open your project's font-awesome/variables.less and edit the <code>@FontAwesomePath</code> variable to point to your font directory. <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html">@FontAwesomePath: "../font"; </code></pre></div> <p class="alert alert-info"><i class="icon-info-sign"></i> The font path is relative from your compiled CSS directory.</p> </li> <li>Re-compile your LESS if using a static compiler. Otherwise, you should be good to go.</li> <li>Check out the <a href="../examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!</li> </ol> </section> <section id="not-using-bootstrap"> <h2 class="page-header">Not using Bootstrap?</h2> <p>Font Awesome works just as well without Bootstrap.</p> <ol> <li>Copy the <code>font-awesome</code> directory into your project.</li> <li>Follow the above directions and skip the Bootstrap parts.</li> <li>Open your project's font-awesome.less or font-awesome.min.css and edit the font location to point it to your font directory (see above examples).</li> <li>Check out the <a href="../examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!</li> </ol> </section> <section class="need-ie7"> <h2 class="page-header">Need IE7 Support?</h2> <p>Font Awesome supports IE7. If you need it, you have my condolences.</p> <ol> <li>Get Font Awesome working properly in a modern browser.</li> <li>Copy font-awesome-ie7.min.css into your project.</li> <li> In the <code><head></code> of your html, reference the location to your font-awesome-ie7.min.css. <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html"><span class="nt"><link</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">"stylesheet"</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">"path/to/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css"</span><span class="nt">></span> <span class="nt"><link</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">"stylesheet"</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">"path/to/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css"</span><span class="nt">></span> <span class="c"><!--[if IE 7]></span> <span class="c"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/font-awesome/css/font-awesome-ie7.min.css"></span> <span class="c"><![endif]--></span> </code></pre></div> </li> <li>Go complain to whoever decided your project needs IE7 support.</li> </ol> </section> </div> <div class="push"><!-- necessary for sticky footer --></div> </div> <footer class="footer hidden-print"> <div class="container text-center"> <div> <i class="icon-flag"></i> Font Awesome 3.2.1 <span class="hidden-phone">·</span><br class="visible-phone"> Created and Maintained by <a href="http://twitter.com/davegandy">Dave Gandy</a> </div> <div> Font Awesome licensed under <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL">SIL OFL 1.1</a> <span class="hidden-phone">·</span><br class="visible-phone"> Code licensed under <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html">MIT License</a> <span class="hidden-phone hidden-tablet">·</span><br class="visible-phone visible-tablet"> Documentation licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC BY 3.0</a> </div> <div> Thanks to <a href="http://maxcdn.com"><i class="icon-maxcdn"></i> MaxCDN</a> for providing the excellent <a href="http://www.bootstrapcdn.com/#tab_fontawesome">BootstrapCDN for Font Awesome</a> </div> <div class="project"> <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome">GitHub Project</a> · <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues">Issues</a> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <script src="../assets/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script> <script src="../assets/js/ZeroClipboard-1.1.7.min.js"></script> <script src="../assets/js/bootstrap-2.3.1.min.js"></script> <script src="../assets/js/site.js"></script> </body> </html>