From e85a45919210fb6ba4a70c9d1035052fa93cafc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geremia Taglialatela Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:04:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Created Customize Font Awesome (markdown) --- Customize-Font-Awesome.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Customize-Font-Awesome.md diff --git a/Customize-Font-Awesome.md b/Customize-Font-Awesome.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c61a98 --- /dev/null +++ b/Customize-Font-Awesome.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# New Icons + +Font Awesome receives dozens of new requests each day. Some of them will eventually be included, others will not. [Popularity](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22new+icon%22+sort%3Acomments-desc) is one of the factors taken into account, but it is not the only one. + +So, if you need a new icon in a short while, our suggestion is to customize Font Awesome. + +## The Easy Way + +There are some wonderful online services which allows you to customize Font Awesome, like: + +- Fonticons: https://fonticons.com/ (by @davegandy) +- Fontello: http://fontello.com/ +- IcoMoon: http://icomoon.io/app/#/select +- Fontastic: http://fontastic.me/ + +Pick up the one which better fits your needs. + +## The Hard Way + +*Note that you may need commercial software* + +1. [Fork](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/fork) the repository. You need a properly configured development environment +2. Hack with the `.otf` file. Here it is a guide you can follow: [The making of Octicons](https://github.com/blog/1135-the-making-of-octicons) +3. Share with the Font Awesome community. Check for [open issues](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues) that are related to your fork and share your repository + +# New styles + +If you don't need new icons but have special needs for your stylesheet, please consider a custom build based on `.less` or `.scss` versions. \ No newline at end of file