Font awesome is not working

for some reason when i put the <i> thing in html the icon doesn't show on the site even though i downloaded the file
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Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
what file you downloaded ?? i don't see anything related to FA in you code other then the i element
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i downloaded the file from fontawesome site
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
link the fontawsome file
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
try adding fa class to the i element
Delvin
Delvin7mo ago
you can try cdn directly too. Anyway try linking fontawesome.min.css file in html file once and then pls try
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its linked look here
Delvin
Delvin7mo ago
Just add the direction link once and see if that is working out. That should work
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yes i posted it above
clevermissfox
clevermissfox7mo ago
You need to close your i tags too <i class=“fa-solid fa-check”></i>
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
do you have any errors in the console??
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still doesn't work no there aren't
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
are you sure you have the font files in your project? the css files are loading them from the webfont directory
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what font files
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
with the icons they are a font file
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is it one of these ?
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Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
FA is not just css files 🙂
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how what i should do
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
you download an archive correct ?
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i don't understand
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
how did you download FA?
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from FA site
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
link
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Font Awesome
The internet's icon library + toolkit. Used by millions of designers, devs, & content creators. Open-source. Always free. Always awesome.
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
you picked free for web correct?
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correct
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
so you downloaded a zip file aka an archive
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true
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
in that archive you have webfont directory?
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let me see
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yes this is it
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
extract that directory where your css directory is not inside it next to it
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the whole files or just the webfonts file
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
the whole directory
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omg it worked thank you man you're 1v9
Mannix
Mannix7mo ago
thumbup