The internet’s icon library + toolkit. Used by millions of designers, devs, & content creators. Open source. Always free. Always awesome.linktr.ee/fontawesomeJoined March 2012
Josh's advice for new icon designers: don't limit yourself to today's tools. The constraints that shaped a decade of icon design (tiny pixel grids, limited colors) are gone. What gets built next is wide open.
A point that came up in this convo ... in the age of AI, taste and discernment are the new bottleneck. When AI makes building fast and cheap, the hard part isn't making things anymore — it's knowing what to say no to.
Should certain software have a final season? Josh Williams (@jw) joins us again to talk Gowalla, Path, and why the pressure to "scale infinitely" turns great products into everything-apps. Part 2 of our conversation is up now. 🎧
Watch on YouTube -> youtu.be/8VGw_MduwX4
Listen to the Pod -> podcastawesome.com/episodes/episo…
Part 2 is coming next week... but first:
Catch up with Josh Williams as we talk about Mosaic, his commissioned Font Awesome Pro+ icon pack, how it came together, and why “green fields” create the best design work.
Watch → youtu.be/vpgC_N2s49I?si…
Listen → buzzsprout.com/2092855/episod…
FA Vellum — we hardly know 'em, but we love 'em. Guest designer Brian Brasher brings layered, overlapping icons with actual depth. Jokes and icons: better when layered. fontawesome.com/icons/packs/ve…
We asked Josh Williams onto the podcast, and the man opened by talking about ResEdit. Naturally.
Josh designed Mosaic, our new icon pack for Font Awesome Pro. He also once nearly got fired as a teenager for going two layers deep into Mac OS 7 system resources to edit the trash can icon. We're not saying those things are connected, but … you know.
Part 1 is out now!
Watch → youtu.be/vpgC_N2s49I?si…
Listen → buzzsprout.com/2092855/episod…
Remember when 128kb seemed like a lot of memory? Ah yes, it was simpler times. FA Pixel is a small-batch of retro-styled icons built for plumbing adventures, space invasions, and any project that wants to byte back.🕹️ fontawesome.com/icons/packs/pi…
Josh on why the web went homogenous: "Font Awesome kind of solved a problem (here's 60 icons everyone needs) but then everyone used them and it all looked the same."
Which is exactly why packs like Mosaic exist. It’s a different point of view on purpose.
Font Awesome Pro+ icon pack Mosaic is what happens when a set of icons has a true craftsman behind it. Josh Williams built these with solid forms, swoopy curves, and "quirks." They're icons, but made like tiny pieces of art. fontawesome.com/icons/packs/mo…
The whole concept of Chisel came from a book cover. Specifically, the stroke contrast in the typeface on it.
Laura had one question: can you bring thick-to-thin stroke contrast into an icon system?
Nobody had really done it. She wasn't sure it would work. She did it anyway.
Watch → youtu.be/ALlNUTYC83g?si…
The brief was simple: make something expressive. No client. No brand. Just go.
@LauRARbee 's first reaction? Dream project. Her second? Full existential crisis.
The result is Chisel — the first outside-contributor icon pack for Font Awesome 7, and honestly, one of the most unique icon sets we've ever released. New episode of Podcast Awesome is live. 🎙️
Watch → youtu.be/ALlNUTYC83g?si…
"Oh, you know, I just spent the last hour debating one pixel."
A perfectly normal thing to say if you're an icon designer.
In the latest Podcast Awesome episode, Laura talks about why icon design is really just solving tiny puzzles all day.
Watch → youtu.be/ALlNUTYC83g?si…
Listen → buzzsprout.com/2092855/episod…
Dave put it best: "AI helps you be more of who you are, not less." That was the thing we didn't expect. Instead of flattening everyone into generic output, it amplified that we need to be making strong judgments. And the folks who knew what they wanted got more of it, faster.
We spent a week building with AI at Font Awesome. No pressure on the team, no deliverables... just: go make make something awesome.
What we found surprised us. Not because the AI did everything for us. Because of where it actually helped. blog.fontawesome.com/using-ai-tools…
The blog's up, and it's worth a read
Hot take from this episode: the most important thing to find in a job interview isn't the role. It's the leadership.
The position will change. The culture won't. Ask accordingly.
Watch → youtu.be/IpjlsPF5lsk?si…
"Company loyalty is trivial to get. You're not gonna like what it costs."
Dave Gandy on what actually makes people stay, and why most companies won't do it. New Podcast Awesome with Font Awesome co-founder @davegandy . 🎙️
Watch → youtu.be/IpjlsPF5lsk?si…
Listen → buzzsprout.com/2092855/episod…
@NapierHolland Ack. Yeah, sorry. We have some reasons for the specific names that you can read about here: blog.fontawesome.com/icon-naming-co…
Though, in this case, not entirely sure how Elementor handles search. It might only be using our names, and not the included metadata, aliases, and search terms.
🎬️ Ever wonder what it takes to make a 4-minute Kickstarter video?
Apparently: a full film crew, a kitchen set, a puppet in an Eleventy t-shirt, and some very questionable creative decisions.
Watch on YouTube 👀
youtu.be/3rhilRoWZUw?si…
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