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Contao Extension: hofff.com - Iconfont

This extension provides some insert tags to insert FontAwesome and individual icons.

Features

insert all FontAwesome icons

Basic Use

see https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/referencing-icons/basic-use

{{icon-fa*::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name" aria-hidden="true"></i>

Fixed Width Icons

see https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/styling/fixed-width-icons

{{icon-fa*-fw::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>

Bordered + Pulled Icons

see https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/styling/bordered-pulled-icons

wrap text around an icon - left

{{icon-fa*-left::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-2x fa-pull-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>

wrap text around an icon - right

{{icon-fa*-right::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-2x fa-pull-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>

wrap text around an icon with border - left

{{icon-fa*-border-left::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-2x fa-pull-left fa-border" aria-hidden="true"></i>

wrap text around an icon with border - right

{{icon-fa*-border-right::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-2x fa-pull-right fa-border" aria-hidden="true"></i>

Animating Icons

see https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/styling/animating-icons

rotate icon

{{icon-fa*-spin::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-spin" aria-hidden="true"></i>

pulse icon

{{icon-fa*-pulse::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-pulse" aria-hidden="true"></i>

Rotating Icons

see https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/styling/rotating-icons

turn 90° clockwise

{{icon-fa*-rotate-90::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-rotate-90" aria-hidden="true"></i>

turn 180° clockwise

{{icon-fa*-rotate-180::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"></i>

turn 270° clockwise

{{icon-fa*-rotate-270::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-rotate-270" aria-hidden="true"></i>

mirror icon horizontally

{{icon-fa*-flip-horizontal::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-flip-horizontal" aria-hidden="true"></i>

mirror icon vertically

{{icon-fa*-flip-vertical::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-flip-vertical" aria-hidden="true"></i>

mirror icon vertically and horizontally (requires 5.7.0 or greater)

{{icon-fa*-flip-both::icon-name}} ¹

<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-flip-both" aria-hidden="true"></i>

Stacked Icons

see https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/styling/stacking-icons

icon with square background

{{icon-fa*-square::icon-name}}

<span class="fa-stack">
	<i class="fas fa-square fa-stack-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
	<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-stack-1x fa-inverse" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</span>

icon with square background - only border

{{icon-fa*-square-border::icon-name}}

<span class="fa-stack">
	<i class="far fa-square fa-stack-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
	<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-stack-1x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</span>

icon with circle background

{{icon-fa*-circle::icon-name}}

<span class="fa-stack">
	<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
	<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-stack-1x fa-inverse" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</span>

icon with circle background - only border

{{icon-fa*-circle-border::icon-name}}

<span class="fa-stack">
	<i class="far fa-circle fa-stack-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
	<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-stack-1x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</span>

icon with prohibition sign

{{icon-fa-ban::icon-name}}

<span class="fa-stack">
	<i class="fa* fa-icon-name fa-stack-1x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
	<i class="fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</span>

insert your own icon font (you have to provide some css by your own)

{{icon::your-icon-name}}

<i class="icon icon-your-icon-name" aria-hidden="true"></i>

CSS Example for your own icon font

/* Include your icon font files */

@font-face {
  font-family: "Your icon font name";
  src: url('your-icon-font-filename.eot') format('embedded-opentype'),
  url('your-icon-font-filename.ttf') format('truetype'),
  url('your-icon-font-filename.woff') format('woff'),
  url('your-icon-font-filename.woff2') format('woff2'),
  url('your-icon-font-filename.svg') format('svg');
}

/* base styles for .icon */

.icon {
  font-family: "Your icon font name";
  speak: none;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-variant: normal;
  text-transform: none;

  /* Better Font Rendering =========== */
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

/* replace individual icon */

.icon-your-icon-1 {
  &:before {
    content: "\XXXX";
  }
}

Installation

Install the extension via composer: hofff/contao-iconfont.

If you prefer to install it manually, download the latest release here: https://github.com/hofff/contao-iconfont/releases

Compatibility

• min. Contao version: ^4.9
• PHP min. 7.4 || 8.0

Dependency

• You have to include FontAwesome sources see https://fontawesome.com/start

Footnotes

1. The * should be replaced with the FontAwesome-Style you want: fas=Solid, far=Regular, fal=Light or fab=Brands ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴