I quite like Font Awesome, but it strikes me as a bit bloaty to include 200 KB (best case) of files (i.e. all the icons) just to add a few icons.<p>Would the old method of a bunch of small png files in a directory work much better, now that HTTP/2 is here?
I like FA because<p>1) it's FA and looks alright as it is<p>2) can't beat free, so I don't need to worry about licenses for every single web project<p>A completely redesigned, larger, commercial library might be interesting, but it is a new project and has practically nothing to do with FA 4.
I had submitted an issue about the removal of the non-identifying direct CDN link to FontAwesome in favor of a user-identifying JavaScript embed, and it was closed. I tagged in to another issue to make the same point,<p><a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/9245#issuecomment-224039112" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/9245#issu...</a><p>Still no answer. Am I the only one that cares that the current state of FontAwesome encourages tying your email address (via a unique token) to your site's specific FontAwesome usage?
I work for a corporate. A South African based company with inroads' in England and the USA. Should I donate in my personal capacity or ask the company to contribute?
Yes, we use fa on our front-end projects.
Well at least now I know why they've held back so many useful icons from the free version.<p>This one's a classic: <a href="https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/1958" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/1958</a>
I feel the free version has been neglected ever since the commercial versions were born.<p>Also, there are too many unnecessary brand icons (e.g. skyatlas? houzz? most people aren't gonna use those).<p>Donated $5 anyways.
I'm a huge fan of Font Awesome and have been a user of it for years. I'm quite excited for the new version, and am proud to pledge for the development of FA5!
Any idea why there's no FA icon(s) to represent police, sirens, badges? Anything relating to civil authorities? (well, I guess there's some fire stuff).
They are calling it pro as I imagine their other offshoot didn't work or make any money. It was that black bar at the top of the screen each time you go to the site. This makes sense, but maybe they shouldn't have tried to name it something different in the first place.
I just wonder how licensing for the pro version works in regards to open source projects? If I buy the license, can I use it for my open source project?<p>Also the option to commission your own icon is really exciting! :-)
Why are they running a Kickstarter if they actually have a "PRO" business model thing going? Shouldn't they just focus on building their business, instead of raising money? The video is cool-hip-quirky but... I don't get why they need to stick out their hands and ask for a handout here.
Still no Node.js or npm icons after almost 3 years?
Thanks but no thanks.<p>-- Edit: not trying to be sarcastic or blaming anyone. I'm saying what I feel about Font-Awesome. If you don't like my thoughts, you just have to live with that. As a member of the community, I guess I also have rights to ask for something, which I do, and I guess I also have all the rights to talk about something that I've been waiting for, for a long time.<p>Thanks for the downvotes. I hope you can ever understand what was written in the future before downvoting it.