---

layout: base

title: Get Started with Font Awesome

navbar_active: get-started

relative_path: ../

---

{% capture jumbotron_h1 %}<i class="fa fa-cogs"></i>&nbsp; Get Started{% endcapture %}

{% capture jumbotron_p %}Easy ways to get Font Awesome {{ site.fontawesome.version }} onto your website{% endcapture %}

{% include jumbotron.html %}

{% include stripe-social.html %}

<div class="container">

{% capture stripe_ad_content %}

<p class="lead">

Setting up Font Awesome can be as simple as adding two lines of code to your website, or you can be a pro and

customize the LESS yourself! Font Awesome even plays nicely with

<a href="{{ site.bootstrap.url }}">Bootstrap 3</a>!

</p>

{% endcapture %}

{% include stripe-ad.html %}

<div id="bootstrapcdn">

<h2 class="page-header">EASIEST: <a href="http://www.bootstrapcdn.com/#tab_fontawesome">BootstrapCDN</a></h2>

<p>Add Font Awesome into your website with a single line of code. You don't even have to download or install anything!</p>

<ol>

<li>

Paste the following code into the <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> section of your site's HTML.

{% highlight html %}

<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/{{ site.fontawesome.version }}/css/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet">

{% endhighlight %}

<p class="alert alert-success"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> Immediately after release, it takes a bit of time for BootstrapCDN to catch up and get the newest version live on their CDN.</p>

</li>

<li>

Pat yourself on the back for your scalable-vector-icons-on-the-website

<a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/312-lingo-judo">judo solution</a> in a single line of code.

</li>

<li>

Check out the <a href="{{ page.relative_path }}examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!

</li>

</ol>

</div>

<section id="default-css">

<h2 class="page-header">EASY: Default CSS</h2>

<p>Use this method to get the default Font Awesome CSS with the default Bootstrap CSS.</p>

<ol>

<li>Copy the entire <code>font-awesome</code> directory into your project.</li>

<li>

In the <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> of your html, reference the location to your font-awesome.min.css.

{% highlight html %}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css">

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

<li>Check out the <a href="{{ page.relative_path }}examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!</li>

</ol>

</section>

<section id="ruby-gem-less">

<h2 class="page-header">EASY: <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/font-awesome-less">LESS Ruby Gem</a></h2>

<p>

Use the <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/font-awesome-less">Official Font Awesome LESS Ruby Gem</a> to easily get Font

Awesome LESS into a Rails project. Generously maintained by <a href="https://twitter.com/supercodepoet/">@supercodepoet</a>.

</p>

<ol>

<li>

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

{% highlight bash %}

gem 'font-awesome-less'

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

<li>

And then execute:

{% highlight bash %}

$ bundle

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

<li>Or install it yourself as:

{% highlight bash %}

$ gem install font-awesome-less

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

</ol>

</section>

<section id="ruby-gem-sass">

<h2 class="page-header">EASY: <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/font-awesome-sass">SASS Ruby Gem</a></h2>

<p>

Use the <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/font-awesome-sass">Official Font Awesome SASS Ruby Gem</a> to easily get Font

Awesome SASS into a Rails project. Generously maintained by <a href="https://twitter.com/supercodepoet/">@supercodepoet</a>.

</p>

<ol>

<li>

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

{% highlight bash %}

gem 'font-awesome-sass'

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

<li>

And then execute:

{% highlight bash %}

$ bundle

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

<li>Or install it yourself as:

{% highlight bash %}

$ gem install font-awesome-sass

{% endhighlight %}

</li>

</ol>

</section>

<section id="custom-less">

<h2 class="page-header">PRO: Custom LESS or SASS</h2>

<p>Use this method to customize Font Awesome {{ site.fontawesome.version }} using LESS or SASS.</p>

<ol>

<li>Copy the <code>font-awesome/</code> directory into your project.</li>

<li>

Open your project's <code>font-awesome/less/variables.less</code> or <code>font-awesome/scss/_variables.scss</code> and edit the <code>@fa-font-path</code> or <code>$fa-font-path</code>

variable to point to your font directory.

{% highlight scss %}

@fa-font-path: "../font";

{% endhighlight %}

<p class="alert alert-success"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> The font path is relative from your compiled CSS directory.</p>

</li>

<li>Re-compile your LESS or SASS if using a static compiler. Otherwise, you should be good to go.</li>

<li>Check out the <a href="{{ page.relative_path }}examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!</li>

</ol>

</section>

<section class="need-ie7">

<h2 class="page-header">Need IE7 Support?</h2>

<p>

If you need IE7 support, you have my condolences. Really. Font Awesome {{ site.fontawesome.version }}

doesn't support IE7, but an older version does. You'll need to check out the

<a href="{{ page.relative_path }}3.2.1/get-started/#need-ie7">3.2.1 instructions for using IE7</a>. Then go complain to

whomever decided your project needs IE7 support.

</p>

</section>

<section id="troubleshooting">

<h2 class="page-header">Troubleshooting</h2>

<p>

If you're having trouble with Font Awesome, make sure to check out the

<a href="{{ site.fontawesome.github.url }}/wiki/Troubleshooting">troubleshooting wiki page</a>.

Generously maintained by <a href="https://twitter.com/gtagliala">@gtagliala</a>.

</p>

</section>

</div>