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

Twitter font awesome icon css class name is fa-twitter and CSS Content Code is \f099.

Twitter font awesome icon is part of brands icons.

Twitter font awesome icon usage

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

  1. Using CSS Class Name

  2. Using CSS Content Code

  3. Using SVG

Twitter font awesome icon CSS class name

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

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

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

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

Output:

Twitter font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Twitter font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \f099

Use the following HTML code

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

Apply CSS code

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

.Twitter::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-brands);
    content: ' \f099';
 }</style>

Output:

.fontawesomeicon::before { display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } .Twitter::before { font: var(--fa-font-brands); content: ' \f099'; }
  • Twitter
  • For the detailed tutorial visit https://www.angularjswiki.com/fontawesome/csscontentcode/

    Twitter font awesome icon SVG

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

    <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! 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="M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z"/></svg>
    
    

    Use the following HTML code

    <p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! 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="M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z"/></svg>
     Twitter displayed using SVG</p>
    

    Apply CSS code

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

    Output:

    .fontawesomesvg {width: 1em; height: 1em; vertical-align: -.125em; }

    This Twitter displayed using SVG

    Change Twitter font awesome icon size

    To increase Twitter font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class \f099. Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

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

    Output:

    fa-lg
    fa-2x
    fa-3x
    fa-4x
    fa-5x

    Twitter font awesome icon with Fixed Width

    All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

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

    Output:

    Fixed WidthNormal
    Fixed WidthNormal

    Twitter font awesome icon Border

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

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

    Output:

    Pull Twitter font awesome icon To the left

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

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

    Output:

    ... The text after Twitter Icon will be displayed on the right side of the icon.

    Pull Twitter font awesome icon To the left

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

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

    Output:

    ... The text after Twitter Icon will be displayed on the left side of the icon.

    Animate Twitter font awesome icon

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

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

    Output:

    Animate Twitter font awesome icon with steps

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

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

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

    Output:

    Rotate Twitter font awesome icon

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

    Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

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

    Output:

    Rnormal

    R fa-rotate-90

    R fa-rotate-180

    R fa-rotate-270

    Flip Twitter font awesome icon

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

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

    Output:

    F Normal
    F fa-flip-horizontal
    F fa-flip-vertical

    Combine Twitter 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 Twitter 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-twitter fa-stack-1x'></i>
        </span>
          Twitter on fa-square<br>
        <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
            <i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
            <i class='fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
        </span>
          Twitter on fa-circle<br>
    
        <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
            <i class='fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x'></i>
            <i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
        </span>
          Twitter on fa-ban
    </div>
    

    Output:

    Twitter on fa-square
    Twitter on fa-circle
    Twitter on fa-ban