Retweet font awesome icon Usage,CSS Class Name,SVG & CSS Content Code

Retweet font awesome icon css class name is fa-retweet and CSS Content Code is \f079.

Retweet font awesome icon is part of solid icons.

Retweet font awesome icon usage

We can display Retweet font awesome icon using 3 different ways depending upon our requirement.

1. Using CSS Class Name

2. Using CSS Content Code

3. Using SVG

Retweet font awesome icon CSS class name

To display Retweet font awesome icon, add predefined class name i.e.,fa-retweet (with prefix fa-) to the i tag.

And we need to add corresponding font awesome icon style for the Retweet icon.

Retweet icon has 1 icon style i.e.,solid. We need to append icon style class fas.

<i class='fas fa-retweet'></i>

Retweet font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Retweet font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \f079

Use the following HTML code

<li><span class='Retweet fontawesomeicon'></span>Retweet</li>

Apply CSS code

<style> 
.fontawesomeicon::before {
    display: inline-block;
    text-rendering: auto;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 }

.Retweet::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-solid);
    content: ' \f079';
 }</style>

For the detailed tutorial visit https://www.angularjswiki.com/fontawesome/csscontentcode/

Retweet font awesome icon SVG

Use the following icon SVG to display Retweet font awesome icon.

<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M272 416c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H160c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32V192h32c12.9 0 24.6-7.8 29.6-19.8s2.2-25.7-6.9-34.9l-64-64c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0l-64 64c-9.2 9.2-11.9 22.9-6.9 34.9s16.6 19.8 29.6 19.8l32 0 0 128c0 53 43 96 96 96H272zM304 96c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32l112 0c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32l0 128H416c-12.9 0-24.6 7.8-29.6 19.8s-2.2 25.7 6.9 34.9l64 64c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l64-64c9.2-9.2 11.9-22.9 6.9-34.9s-16.6-19.8-29.6-19.8l-32 0V192c0-53-43-96-96-96L304 96z"/></svg>

Use the following HTML code

<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M272 416c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H160c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32V192h32c12.9 0 24.6-7.8 29.6-19.8s2.2-25.7-6.9-34.9l-64-64c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0l-64 64c-9.2 9.2-11.9 22.9-6.9 34.9s16.6 19.8 29.6 19.8l32 0 0 128c0 53 43 96 96 96H272zM304 96c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32l112 0c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32l0 128H416c-12.9 0-24.6 7.8-29.6 19.8s-2.2 25.7 6.9 34.9l64 64c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l64-64c9.2-9.2 11.9-22.9 6.9-34.9s-16.6-19.8-29.6-19.8l-32 0V192c0-53-43-96-96-96L304 96z"/></svg>
 Retweet displayed using SVG</p>

Apply CSS code

  <style>
    .fontawesomesvg {width: 1em;
      height: 1em;
      vertical-align: -.125em;
    }
  </style>

Change Retweet font awesome icon size

To increase Retweet font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class \f079. Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-lg'>fa-lg</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-2x'>fa-2x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-3x'>fa-3x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-4x'>fa-4x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-5x'>fa-5x</i><br/>

Retweet font awesome icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example Retweet icon and home icon may not have same height and width.

So to display two icons with fixed width and height we can use fa-fw class.

<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-retweet fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-retweet fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>
<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>

Retweet font awesome icon Border

To add border to Retweet font awesome icon, use fa-border class.

<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-border fa-3x'></i>

Pull Retweet font awesome icon To the left

To pull Retweet icon to the left of the container use fa-pull-left class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-pull-left fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Retweet Icon will be displayed on the right side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Pull Retweet font awesome icon To the left

To pull Retweet icon to the right of the container use fa-pull-right class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-pull-right fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Retweet Icon will be displayed on the left side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Animate Retweet font awesome icon

To animate Retweet font awesome icon, use fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-spin fa-3x'></i>

Animate Retweet font awesome icon with steps

While animating the font awesome icon,We can rotate Retweet icon in 8 steps instead of uniform rotation.

We can use fa-pulse icon along with fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-spin fa-pulse fa-3x'></i>

Rotate Retweet font awesome icon

To rotate Retweet font awesome icon, Use fa-rotate-x class

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-3x'>R</i>normal<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-rotate-90 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-90<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-rotate-180  fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-180<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-rotate-270 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-270<br/><br/>
</div>

Flip Retweet font awesome icon

To flip Retweet font awesome icon horizontally and vertically use fa-flip-horizontal and fa-flip-vertical classes.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-3x'>F</i> Normal <br>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-flip-horizontal fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-horizontal<br>
<i class='fas fa-retweet fa-flip-vertical fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-vertical<br>
</div>

Combine Retweet font awesome icon with other font awesome icons

In font awesome icons,using stacking we can combine multiple icons and display it as one icon.

To do that use the fa-stack class on the parent, the fa-stack-1x for the regularly sized icon, and fa-stack-2x for the larger icon.

And use class fa-inverse for an alternative icon color.

In the below example, I am displaying Retweet font awesome icon on top of icons like fa-square,fa-circle and fa-ban.

And used fa-inverse in the second example to invert the color of the icon.

<div>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='far fa-square fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-retweet fa-stack-1x'></i>
    </span>
      Retweet on fa-square<br>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-retweet fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
    </span>
      Retweet on fa-circle<br>

    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-retweet fa-stack-1x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
    </span>
      Retweet on fa-ban
</div>