Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
All posts Viktor's posts Post Back to profile
Viktor Nagornyy

If you're looking for a free, open-source alternative to the Font Awesome icon library you should check the MIT-licensed Phosphor icon library. Clean designs, over 7k icons 🀯

phosphoricons.com

#opensource #foss #icons #alternatives #fontawesome #graphics #ui #ux
31 Aug 2023 at 2:10 | Open on me.dm
18 comments
Daniel Berezhnoy
8r0fHA6Z

@viktor I'm guessing the "free, open-source..." description wasn't intended to be a direct comparison to Font Awesome, but it sure comes off that way.

31 Aug 2023 at 3:14 | Open on fosstodon.org
Viktor Nagornyy

@8r0fHA6ZurxVDP19vBJx Although it's not a direct comparison, Font Awesome Free doesn't use OSI-approved #opensource license.
opensource.org/licenses/

It's not software, so it's fine to use Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Aw

That's why it was forked into Fork Awesome and is available under OSI-approved license:
forkaweso.me/Fork-Awesome/

I consider Font Awesome source-available with a generous free license.

I'm not a legal expert, just how I interpret it πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

@8r0fHA6ZurxVDP19vBJx Although it's not a direct comparison, Font Awesome Free doesn't use OSI-approved #opensource license.
opensource.org/licenses/

It's not software, so it's fine to use Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Aw

31 Aug 2023 at 8:25 | Open on me.dm
Jan Sobotka

@viktor What a great tip! Thank you! πŸ˜ƒ

31 Aug 2023 at 8:43 | Open on mastodonczech.cz
Karl-Heinz Zimmer

@viktor

THX for the hint. Very cool that they are scalable. :)

31 Aug 2023 at 9:23 | Open on literatur.social
dotoscat
Dan Johansen

@viktor sadly, most applications I use has no icon in this collection. Mastodon and Matrix just to mention a couple.

31 Aug 2023 at 11:45 | Open on mastodon.social
Alex Voss
Alex Voss
Martin Donath

@AlexVoss @viktor custom icons are the way to go :-) We shouldn't add more and more icon packs as it increases the bundle size every time. Instead, we'll be looking into providing an easier way to install icons in the future.

31 Aug 2023 at 12:35 | Open on fosstodon.org
Alex Voss

@squidfunk @viktor In the meantime, can you perhaps add a link from squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-mat to squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-mat? The text is already there: "Moreover, custom icons can be added and used in mkdocs.yml, documents and templates."

31 Aug 2023 at 12:47 | Open on fosstodon.org
Ni-toot

@viktor @tournesol oh my god they are so cute 😍 I had just integrated Font Awesome in a small project, I’ll look to switch to this one (sad there’s no Mastodon icon yet tho)

31 Aug 2023 at 13:37 | Open on piaille.fr
Nova
Alexandre Franke

@viktor How do I decide on this vs Fork Awesome?

31 Aug 2023 at 14:32 | Open on mamot.fr
Viktor Nagornyy

@afranke I like Fork Awesome, but I haven't seen any updates in a while. I'm curious if it's still actively maintained, or basically frozen at the current set of icons.

31 Aug 2023 at 14:33 | Open on me.dm
Go Up