Font Awesome 5.1: 409 New Icons + More
Font Awesome Version 5.1.0 is here and it’s not just the nerdy semantic versioning bump that makes this update huge. We’ve packed new icon categories, new icons, and lots of fixes under the hood to add power and ease when using our icons.
You’ve got 409 new icons waiting for you. That makes more than 1,000 icons added to Font Awesome already this year! That’s a huge source of pride for our small team and we show no signs of stopping.
New Emoji, Travel, and Design Category Packs + More
We’ve added 3 new category packs and continue to burn down those 54 packs unlocked during our crazy Kickstarter campaign. Add some personality to your UI by responding to your users with a meh or ROFL emoji icon. Mark off monuments and places of interest with our travel symbols in that map app you’re making. Or jazz up that editor or menu with new design-minded icons.
And thanks to some of our biggest Kickstarter supporters, we’ve added some commissioned icons alongside a fresh batch of the most requested icons from our leaderboard in this version as well.
Official JavaScript Components & Better Packages
Based on your feedback, we re-worked how our JavaScript packages are organized. It's now even easier to npm install Font Awesome quickly and add icons. For those who like to do some tree-shaking or use APIs, we’ve made those bits better and released an official API.
Speaking of official, our Angular, Ember, React, and Vue JavaScript components are now out of beta! Many thanks to our brave beta testers and community for helping us to kick the tires and light these fires.
Better Downloads & Easier Upgrades
We found a powerful enough laser beam to break apart the monoliths that were the Font Awesome .zip download files that included everything for desktop, web, and super advanced use cases (plus an extra pair of clean under-britches — how’d those get there?!). Now, we’re providing separate web and a desktop-focused downloads, both complete with simplified folder structures. We hope this helps folks, who prefer to download, get started more easily and save some of their internet bandwidth for playing some good tunes.
Lastly, lots of people have found the shim we included in our SVG + JS framework helpful when upgrading a project from Version 4 to 5. We’re happy to offer that same icon Rosetta Stone shim in our Web Fonts with CSS framework with 5.1. Upgrading from Version 4 to Version 5 has never been easier!
Other Enhancements + Fixes
We also tackled a month’s worth of smaller additions, changes, and fixes. You can check out all of the changes with 5.1.0 on its official release page.
We’d love to hear your opinions on the latest version, so please let us know what you think! If you’ve got questions or feedback, you can get in touch with us via our support page or join the conversation on Twitter or GitHub.
