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How do I include a Font Awesome icon in my SVG image?

I have an SVG that includes images:

<g><image id="myImage" class="myClass" x="12" y="15" width="10" height="10" xlink:href="/images/pic.png"/></g>

How do I replace that line w/ a font awesome icon:

<g><i class="icon icon-cloud-download" x="12" y="15" width="10" height="10"></i></g>

doesn't seem to work as the image doesn't show up.

Solution

  • i is not valid SVG. You need to include the actual character that displays the icon. If you take a look at font awesome's stylesheet you will see...

    .icon-group:before                { content: "\f0c0"; }
.icon-link:before                 { content: "\f0c1"; }
.icon-cloud:before                { content: "\f0c2"; }
.icon-beaker:before               { content: "\f0c3"; }
.icon-cut:before                  { content: "\f0c4"; }
.icon-copy:before                 { content: "\f0c5"; }
.icon-paper-clip:before           { content: "\f0c6"; }
.icon-save:before                 { content: "\f0c7"; }
.icon-sign-blank:before           { content: "\f0c8"; }
.icon-reorder:before              { content: "\f0c9"; }
.icon-list-ul:before              { content: "\f0ca"; }
.icon-list-ol:before              { content: "\f0cb"; }
.icon-strikethrough:before        { content: "\f0cc"; }
.icon-underline:before            { content: "\f0cd"; }
.icon-table:before                { content: "\f0ce"; }

    But those are unicode characters encoded for CSS. In SVG you would need to change the syntax of example \f040 to:

    <g><text x="0" y="0">&#xf040;</text></g>

    And then in your stylesheet add:

    svg text {
   font-family: FontAwesome;
}

    According to Niek's comment, if you use the free version of Font Awesome 5+, you must use the following font-family declaration:

    svg text {
   font-family: 'Font Awesome 5 Free';
}