Font Awesome 5 Regular icons
fa-regular · 151 icons · by Dave Gandy · CC-BY-4.0 · single-color · 32px grid · Updated
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons is a free, open source icon set with 151 SVG icons by Dave Gandy, released under the CC BY 4.0 license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS. They are designed on a 32px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons design specs
- filled
- monochrome
The drawing rules of this set, measured from its SVG files. Use them to design new icons that match it.
| Canvas | 512 × 512 · 40% of icons |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 512 512 |
| Drawing area | Full canvas, no padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 6 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 74% horizontal or vertical, 5% at 45° |
| Curves | 52% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 35% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 1 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 37 |
Measured from 63 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Font Awesome 5 Regular by Dave Gandy, licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Style guide for an LLM prompt (English)
Paste it into a prompt with a few icons from this set, then name the icon you want.
You draw new icons for the "Font Awesome 5 Regular" icon set (Iconify prefix "fa-regular") by Dave Gandy.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512">.
- Draw edge to edge: icons use the full canvas with no padding.
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 94% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Round corners with a radius of about 6.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 74% horizontal or vertical, 5% at 45 degrees.
- About 52% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 1 element and 37 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path.
Color
- Monochrome: paint with currentColor only, never a fixed color.
Output
- Reply with one complete <svg> element and nothing else: no comments, <title>, ids or scripts.
- Match the examples: reuse their shapes for shared parts (arrow heads, people, documents, badges).
About Font Awesome 5 Regular icons
The set is organised into 53 categories, including interfaces (42), objects (37), emoji (36) and status (26).
Popular Font Awesome 5 Regular icons include bell, comment, hand point left, bookmark, arrow alt circle down and file.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Font Awesome 5 Regular icons are released under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the author. Note: this set is no longer actively maintained upstream.
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons by category
Interfaces icons (42)
Objects icons (37)
Emoji icons (36)
Status icons (26)
Business icons (20)
Maps icons (18)
Files icons (17)
Arrows icons (14)
Hands icons (14)
Social icons (13)
Writing icons (12)
Code icons (10)
How to use Font Awesome 5 Regular icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use fa-regular:bell; open an icon to copy its exact SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS code. For sizing, color and accessibility tips, read how to use SVG icons.
React
import { Icon } from "@iconify/react";
<Icon icon="fa-regular:bell" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="fa-regular:bell" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="fa-regular:bell" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[fa-regular--bell]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/fa-regular -->
<div class="i-fa-regular:bell"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="fa-regular:bell"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/fa-regular/bell.svg" alt="Bell icon" width="24" height="24">Font Awesome 5 Regular icons FAQ
Are Font Awesome 5 Regular icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Font Awesome 5 Regular icons are released under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the author.
How many icons are in Font Awesome 5 Regular icons?
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons contains 151 icons across 53 categories.
What license do Font Awesome 5 Regular icons use?
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The full license text is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Who made Font Awesome 5 Regular icons?
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons are created by Dave Gandy.
How do I use Font Awesome 5 Regular icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="fa-regular:bell" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Font Awesome 5 Regular icons?
Font Awesome 5 Regular icons are designed on a 32px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.