What is @fortawesome/angular-fontawesome?
@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome is an Angular wrapper for Font Awesome, a popular icon toolkit. It allows you to easily integrate Font Awesome icons into your Angular applications.
What are @fortawesome/angular-fontawesome's main functionalities?
Basic Icon Usage
This feature allows you to use Font Awesome icons in your Angular templates. The example shows how to include a 'coffee' icon from the 'fas' (Font Awesome Solid) icon set.
<fa-icon [icon]="['fas', 'coffee']"></fa-icon>
Customizing Icons
You can customize the appearance of the icons by applying styles directly. The example demonstrates how to change the color and size of the 'coffee' icon.
<fa-icon [icon]="['fas', 'coffee']" [styles]="{ color: 'red', 'font-size': '24px' }"></fa-icon>
Using Icon Libraries
This feature allows you to add entire icon packs to the library, making them available throughout your application. The example shows how to add the 'fas' (Font Awesome Solid) icon pack.
import { FaIconLibrary } from '@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome';
import { fas } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
constructor(library: FaIconLibrary) {
library.addIconPacks(fas);
}
Dynamic Icons
You can dynamically change the icon based on component properties. The example shows how to bind the icon to a component property called 'dynamicIcon'.
<fa-icon [icon]="dynamicIcon"></fa-icon>
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angular-fontawesome
Angular component for Font Awesome 5.
This project is a work in progress, not yet production ready.
Usage
Add an icon to an Angular template:
<fa-icon [icon]=faUser></fa-icon>