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

Skype font awesome icon css class name is fa-skype and CSS Content Code is \f17e.

Skype font awesome icon is part of brands icons.

Skype font awesome icon usage

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

1. Using CSS Class Name

2. Using CSS Content Code

3. Using SVG

Skype font awesome icon CSS class name

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

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

Skype icon has 1 icon style i.e.,brands. We need to append icon style class fab.

<i class='fab fa-skype'></i>

Skype font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Skype font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \f17e

Use the following HTML code

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

Apply CSS code

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

.Skype::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-brands);
    content: ' \f17e';
 }</style>

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

Skype font awesome icon SVG

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

<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><!--! 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="M424.7 299.8c2.9-14 4.7-28.9 4.7-43.8 0-113.5-91.9-205.3-205.3-205.3-14.9 0-29.7 1.7-43.8 4.7C161.3 40.7 137.7 32 112 32 50.2 32 0 82.2 0 144c0 25.7 8.7 49.3 23.3 68.2-2.9 14-4.7 28.9-4.7 43.8 0 113.5 91.9 205.3 205.3 205.3 14.9 0 29.7-1.7 43.8-4.7 19 14.6 42.6 23.3 68.2 23.3 61.8 0 112-50.2 112-112 .1-25.6-8.6-49.2-23.2-68.1zm-194.6 91.5c-65.6 0-120.5-29.2-120.5-65 0-16 9-30.6 29.5-30.6 31.2 0 34.1 44.9 88.1 44.9 25.7 0 42.3-11.4 42.3-26.3 0-18.7-16-21.6-42-28-62.5-15.4-117.8-22-117.8-87.2 0-59.2 58.6-81.1 109.1-81.1 55.1 0 110.8 21.9 110.8 55.4 0 16.9-11.4 31.8-30.3 31.8-28.3 0-29.2-33.5-75-33.5-25.7 0-42 7-42 22.5 0 19.8 20.8 21.8 69.1 33 41.4 9.3 90.7 26.8 90.7 77.6 0 59.1-57.1 86.5-112 86.5z"/></svg>

Use the following HTML code

<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><!--! 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="M424.7 299.8c2.9-14 4.7-28.9 4.7-43.8 0-113.5-91.9-205.3-205.3-205.3-14.9 0-29.7 1.7-43.8 4.7C161.3 40.7 137.7 32 112 32 50.2 32 0 82.2 0 144c0 25.7 8.7 49.3 23.3 68.2-2.9 14-4.7 28.9-4.7 43.8 0 113.5 91.9 205.3 205.3 205.3 14.9 0 29.7-1.7 43.8-4.7 19 14.6 42.6 23.3 68.2 23.3 61.8 0 112-50.2 112-112 .1-25.6-8.6-49.2-23.2-68.1zm-194.6 91.5c-65.6 0-120.5-29.2-120.5-65 0-16 9-30.6 29.5-30.6 31.2 0 34.1 44.9 88.1 44.9 25.7 0 42.3-11.4 42.3-26.3 0-18.7-16-21.6-42-28-62.5-15.4-117.8-22-117.8-87.2 0-59.2 58.6-81.1 109.1-81.1 55.1 0 110.8 21.9 110.8 55.4 0 16.9-11.4 31.8-30.3 31.8-28.3 0-29.2-33.5-75-33.5-25.7 0-42 7-42 22.5 0 19.8 20.8 21.8 69.1 33 41.4 9.3 90.7 26.8 90.7 77.6 0 59.1-57.1 86.5-112 86.5z"/></svg>
 Skype displayed using SVG</p>

Apply CSS code

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

Change Skype font awesome icon size

To increase Skype font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class \f17e. Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

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

Skype font awesome icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example Skype 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='fab fa-skype fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fab fa-skype 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/>

Skype font awesome icon Border

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

<i class='fab fa-skype fa-border fa-3x'></i>

Pull Skype font awesome icon To the left

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

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

Pull Skype font awesome icon To the left

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

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

Animate Skype font awesome icon

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

<i class='fab fa-skype fa-spin fa-3x'></i>

Animate Skype font awesome icon with steps

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

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

<i class='fab fa-skype fa-spin fa-pulse fa-3x'></i>

Rotate Skype font awesome icon

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

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

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

Flip Skype font awesome icon

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

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

Combine Skype 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 Skype 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='fab fa-skype fa-stack-1x'></i>
    </span>
      Skype on fa-square<br>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fab fa-skype fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
    </span>
      Skype on fa-circle<br>

    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fab fa-skype fa-stack-1x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
    </span>
      Skype on fa-ban
</div>