by StavrosK on 10/24/16, 4:44 PM
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.
Would the old method of a bunch of small png files in a directory work much better, now that HTTP/2 is here?
by jashmenn on 10/24/16, 6:50 PM
The commercial is great! Who helped produce the video? I'd love to hire them for something like this.
by matthoiland on 10/24/16, 4:52 PM
This video alone merits my support. Well done. Well done.
by tga on 10/24/16, 4:59 PM
I like FA because
1) it's FA and looks alright as it is
2) can't beat free, so I don't need to worry about licenses for every single web project
A completely redesigned, larger, commercial library might be interesting, but it is a new project and has practically nothing to do with FA 4.
by spdustin on 10/24/16, 4:57 PM
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,
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/9245#issu...
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?
by boubiyeah on 10/24/16, 6:39 PM
Using plain svgs nowadays, never looked back.
by hacksonx on 10/24/16, 4:46 PM
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.
by Walf on 10/25/16, 2:52 AM
by chmln on 10/24/16, 5:27 PM
I feel the free version has been neglected ever since the commercial versions were born.
Also, there are too many unnecessary brand icons (e.g. skyatlas? houzz? most people aren't gonna use those).
Donated $5 anyways.
by parr0t on 10/24/16, 8:59 PM
Have thought for awhile that fontawesome is excellent and was sucked in by the great kickstarter video - you get my first kickstarter backing!
by serg_chernata on 10/24/16, 4:51 PM
I love fa, I don't see an explanation as to why it's necessary to redesign the set though. Does anyone know?
by dopeboy on 10/24/16, 8:32 PM
Big fan of Font Awesome - I use it for all my client projects. Just pledged $20 on the KS.
by zachruss92 on 10/24/16, 7:37 PM
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!
by mgkimsal on 10/24/16, 6:17 PM
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).
by spoiledtechie on 10/25/16, 12:08 AM
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.
by paublyrne on 10/24/16, 6:34 PM
Even pledgers to the $5,000 tier have to choose between mug and t-shirt! Throw in a mug, will you? :p
by dwynings on 10/24/16, 5:32 PM
Any ETA on when backers will get private repo access? Super excited for this!
by arikfr on 10/24/16, 6:12 PM
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?
Also the option to commission your own icon is really exciting! :-)
by kixpanganiban on 10/25/16, 2:03 AM
Just have to say, that Kickstarter video is hands-down one of the funniest I've seen. Wonder how much they spent on that.
by banhfun on 10/24/16, 8:35 PM
I don't understand why someone would choose the student license over the small business one.
by graffitici on 10/25/16, 12:57 AM
Really cool video! Can anybody guess how much it may have cost them to make?
by banhfun on 10/24/16, 8:42 PM
Can we get a backer reward to get both the t-shirt and mug?
by williamle8300 on 10/24/16, 8:48 PM
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.
by gokaygurcan on 10/24/16, 6:51 PM
Still no Node.js or npm icons after almost 3 years?
Thanks but no thanks.
-- 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.
Thanks for the downvotes. I hope you can ever understand what was written in the future before downvoting it.