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

Asterisk font awesome icon css class name is fa-asterisk and CSS Content Code is \2a.

Asterisk font awesome icon is part of solid icons.

Asterisk font awesome icon usage

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

1. Using CSS Class Name

2. Using CSS Content Code

3. Using SVG

Asterisk font awesome icon CSS class name

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

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

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

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

Asterisk font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Asterisk font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \2a

Use the following HTML code

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

Apply CSS code

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

.Asterisk::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-solid);
    content: ' \2a';
 }</style>

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

Asterisk font awesome icon SVG

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

<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><!--! 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="M192 32c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32V199.5l111.5-66.9c15.2-9.1 34.8-4.2 43.9 11s4.2 34.8-11 43.9L254.2 256l114.3 68.6c15.2 9.1 20.1 28.7 11 43.9s-28.7 20.1-43.9 11L224 312.5V448c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32V312.5L48.5 379.4c-15.2 9.1-34.8 4.2-43.9-11s-4.2-34.8 11-43.9L129.8 256 15.5 187.4c-15.2-9.1-20.1-28.7-11-43.9s28.7-20.1 43.9-11L160 199.5V64c0-17.7 14.3-32 32-32z"/></svg>

Use the following HTML code

<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><!--! 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="M192 32c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32V199.5l111.5-66.9c15.2-9.1 34.8-4.2 43.9 11s4.2 34.8-11 43.9L254.2 256l114.3 68.6c15.2 9.1 20.1 28.7 11 43.9s-28.7 20.1-43.9 11L224 312.5V448c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32V312.5L48.5 379.4c-15.2 9.1-34.8 4.2-43.9-11s-4.2-34.8 11-43.9L129.8 256 15.5 187.4c-15.2-9.1-20.1-28.7-11-43.9s28.7-20.1 43.9-11L160 199.5V64c0-17.7 14.3-32 32-32z"/></svg>
 Asterisk displayed using SVG</p>

Apply CSS code

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

Change Asterisk font awesome icon size

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

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

Asterisk font awesome icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example Asterisk 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-asterisk fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-asterisk 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/>

Asterisk font awesome icon Border

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

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

Pull Asterisk font awesome icon To the left

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

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

Pull Asterisk font awesome icon To the left

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

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

Animate Asterisk font awesome icon

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

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

Animate Asterisk font awesome icon with steps

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

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

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

Rotate Asterisk font awesome icon

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

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

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

Flip Asterisk font awesome icon

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

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

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

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