I’ve been a fan of FontAwesome for a long time. I admire their work and appreciate everything they do for fonts, icons and making websites and web apps more user-friendly.

Often, I come across instances where I need to use their icons in my CSS and I am constantly forgetting how to use them in CSS. Below are the steps in case you’re as forgetful as I am. (Don’t forget to include the fonts in your header!)

1. Find the font you want on their collection
2. Copy the Unicode code (ie, f10d)
3. Use the following CSS:

:before { font-family: "FontAwesome"; content: "\f10d"; }

You may need to adjust other properties, such as color and position, but this is the process. And, in case you’re wanting to incorporate them into a design, follow these steps:

1. Download the font collection from GitHub
2. Find the font you want to use on the FontAwesome Cheatsheet
3. Copy the icon character you wish and paste it into your design
4. Change the font to FontAwesome and voila!