fa-whatsapp icon in font awesome icons

fa-whatsapp icon in font awesome icons is part of brand (fab) icons

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fa-whatsapp icon Usage

To display fa-whatsapp icon add predefined class name i.e.,fa-whatsapp (with prefix fa-) to the ‘i’ tag.

Here ‘i’ tag represents icon.

And we need to add corresponding category for fa-whatsapp icon. i.e., fab.

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

fa-whatsapp

Change fa-whatsapp icon size

To increase fa-whatsapp font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg (33% increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class fa-whatsapp.

Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

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

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

fa-whatsapp Icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example fa-whatsapp icon and fa-home may not have same height and width.

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

<i class='fab fa-whatsapp fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i class='fab fa-whatsapp fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>
<i class='fas fa-home fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i class='fas fa-home fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>

Fixed WidthNormal
Fixed WidthNormal

fa-whatsapp Icon Border

To add border to fa-whatsapp icon, use fa-border class.

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

Pull fa-whatsapp icon To the left

To pull icon fa-whatsapp to the left of the container use fa-pull-left class.\n

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

Pull fa-whatsapp icon To the right

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

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

These two classes can used to add single quotes or double quotes to the text.

Animate fa-whatsapp icon using fa-spin

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

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

Animate fa-whatsapp icon with steps

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

To animate font awesome fa-whatsapp icon with 8 step rotation, use fa-pulse icon along with fa-spin class.

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

Rotate fa-whatsapp Icon using fa-rotate-x

To rotate the font awesome icon fa-whatsapp, Use fa-rotate-x class

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

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

Flip fa-whatsapp Icon using fa-flip-*

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

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

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

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

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