What is @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons?
The @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons package provides scalable vector icons that can instantly be customized — size, color, drop shadow, and anything that can be done with the power of CSS. It is part of the Font Awesome icon library.
What are @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons's main functionalities?
Adding icons to a web project
This code sample demonstrates how to import an icon (in this case, the coffee icon) from the package and use it in a React component with the help of the FontAwesomeIcon component.
import { faCoffee } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCoffee} />
Customizing icon size
This code sample shows how to customize the size of an icon using the 'size' prop, which accepts values like 'xs', 'lg', '6x', etc.
import { faSpinner } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faSpinner} size='3x' />
Animating icons
This code sample illustrates how to apply an animation to an icon, such as a spinning effect, by using the 'spin' prop.
import { faSpinner } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faSpinner} spin />
Layering and grouping icons
This code sample demonstrates how to layer multiple icons on top of each other and apply transformations such as shrinking to create a composite icon.
import { faCircle, faCheck } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
import { FontAwesomeIcon, FontAwesomeLayers } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
<FontAwesomeLayers>
<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCircle} />
<FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCheck} transform='shrink-6' />
</FontAwesomeLayers>
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