Font Awesome
UNDERSTANDING FONT AWESOME So what exactly IS Font Awesome? Well, imagine this scenario. Imagine that you design websites for a living. Now, imagine that each logo you utilize requires the scripting of (what might seem like) paragraphs of code, and you don't even know what it will look like! On top of all of this, you don't even know if the image will show up AT ALL! This is where Font Awesome comes in. What if you had these logos at your fingertips and adjusting their parameters required as little coding as adjusting word fonts? There you have it! That's Font Awesome in a nutshell. The program makes working with vector logos as simple as working with word fonts. Web developers from all over have a reason to rejoice for that! Let's take a quick review of the software. A QUICK RUNDOWN....... The basic and pro versions will cost you a little bit of cash. This is where the utility shines, however. With these two versions, you can have anywhere from around 650 all the way to well over thousands, of logos! The ability to introduce your own (and also to adjust the user editing parameters,) is also available on these versions. If you want to upload your own graphics, this is important to consider. You essentially introduce these full logo images as you would a font. Entering one simple line to change that web logo to red. Entering another simple line to change the size of the vector and so on....and so on. You are essentially generating and editing vector logos as if they were fonts at your disposal. The idea is unique indeed. There is full Word Press compatibility offered via two options. The user can use the official plugin or simply manually install the compatibility feature. In general, most critics seem to agree that the manual install is the best option.
- Ability to be incorporated into word press using two methods; the manual install and the plugin.
- Ability to generate logos that you can treat like word fonts (i.
- The standard version has almost 650 logos, while the premium version offers access to thousands more.
- Allows end user to upload his own graphics and use them as logos that are then altered accordingly.
- You can also set the parameters for HOW these images are adjusted by others!
- Allows for the inclusion of type spaces (in case you have to get creative.
- A fully open-source design that allows others to re-code and etc.
- A huge library that encompasses nearly six hundred and fifty icons.
- The code to edit various attributes couldn't be any simpler.
- Adding each additional icon is quite simple with this program. This is only true once the main library has already been incorporated into the website that you are working on, however.
- The program generates vectors of each icon. Vectors allow for all attributes to be easily edited while maintaining full (read uncompressed) quality.
- Works with Word Press and other site design applications.
- Cons
- You essentially introduce these full logo images as you would a font. Entering one simple line to change that web logo to red. Entering another simple line to change the size of the vector and so on....and so on. You are essentially generating and editing vector logos as if they were fonts at your disposal. The idea is unique indeed.
- There is full Word Press compatibility offered via two options. The user can use the official plugin or simply manually install the compatibility feature. In general, most critics seem to agree that the manual install is the best option.
- Still involves a little bit of coding no matter what you do (even if it is simple.)
- Most icons are trapped in the premium version. This shouldn't be a problem if you enjoy the suite and plan on purchasing this product anyway.
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The Noun Project
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