@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons

What is @fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons?

@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons is a package that provides a collection of free regular icons from Font Awesome. These icons can be used in web applications to enhance the user interface with visually appealing and consistent iconography.

What are @fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons's main functionalities?

Importing Icons

This feature allows you to import specific icons from the package. In this example, the 'faAddressBook' icon is imported for use in a project.

import { faAddressBook } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';

Using Icons with React

This feature demonstrates how to use the imported icons in a React component. The 'FontAwesomeIcon' component is used to render the 'faAddressBook' icon within a React application.

import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
import { faAddressBook } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faAddressBook} />
    </div>
  );
}

Using Icons with Vue

This feature shows how to use the icons in a Vue.js application. The 'library.add' method is used to add the 'faAddressBook' icon to the library, and the 'FontAwesomeIcon' component is registered for use in Vue components.

import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
import { faAddressBook } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons';
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome';

library.add(faAddressBook);

export default {
  components: {
    FontAwesomeIcon
  }
};

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README

@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons - SVG with JavaScript version

"I came here to chew bubblegum and install Font Awesome 5 - and I'm all out of bubblegum"

Installation

$ npm i --save @fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons

Or

$ yarn add @fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons

Documentation

Get started here. Continue your journey here.

Or go straight to the API documentation.

Issues and support

Start with GitHub issues and ping us on Twitter if you need to.