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# What's New
Font Awesome, the iconic font and CSS framework
Author: Dave Gandy

What's New in the latest version — Font Awesome 4.7

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Font Awesome is always getting a little awesome-er. So here's what's new in the latest version, Font Awesome 4.7. Have some ideas for new features? Help contribute.

#### Accessibility Docs

Details on how to mark up your icons depending on how you're using them. Make your site icons usable by the most people, and start here.

#### Better Examples

Every FA icon example page now has a better, more accessibility-minded default block of code that users can copy and paste.

#### Accessibility Category

We've added a new icon category specifically for accessibility and seeded it with 15 icons to start. Make sure to request more if you need them!

## 41 New Icons in 4.7

You asked, Font Awesome delivers with 41 shiny new icons in version 4.7. Want to request new icons? Here's how.
Example of address-book
Example of address-book-o
Example of address-card
Example of address-card-o
Example of bandcamp
Example of bath
Example of bathtub (alias)
Example of drivers-license (alias)
Example of drivers-license-o (alias)
Example of eercast
Example of envelope-open
Example of envelope-open-o
Example of etsy
Example of free-code-camp
Example of grav
Example of handshake-o
Example of id-badge
Example of id-card
Example of id-card-o
Example of imdb
Example of linode
Example of meetup
Example of microchip
Example of podcast
Example of quora
Example of ravelry
Example of s15 (alias)
Example of shower
Example of snowflake-o
Example of superpowers
Example of telegram
Example of thermometer (alias)
Example of thermometer-0 (alias)
Example of thermometer-1 (alias)
Example of thermometer-2 (alias)
Example of thermometer-3 (alias)
Example of thermometer-4 (alias)
Example of thermometer-empty
Example of thermometer-full
Example of thermometer-half
Example of thermometer-quarter
Example of thermometer-three-quarters
Example of times-rectangle (alias)
Example of times-rectangle-o (alias)
Example of user-circle
Example of user-circle-o
Example of user-o
Example of vcard (alias)
Example of vcard-o (alias)
Example of window-close
Example of window-close-o
Example of window-maximize
Example of window-minimize
Example of window-restore
Example of wpexplorer

## Upgrading from 3.2.1?

For complete documentation of the syntax changes in 4.7, check out the examples. For the changes to icon names, @gtagliala has put together a great wiki page that documents all the changes.

### Font Awesome 5 Released!

#### More Icons

Get 893 icons right now with FA Free, plus another 1,283 icons with Pro, which also gets you another 46 icon category packs as we finish them!

#### All-New SVG

Our all-new SVG with JavaScript gives you all the power of SVG without the usual hassle.

#### Tons More

Ligatures for easier desktop use, shim for quick upgrades from 4, and more styles, icons, and tools with FA Pro.

### Font Awesome 5