How to add icons to your text

By Alasdair Manson
<1 min. read

You can add any icon from our Font Awesome Icon catalog to the text in any text-based control by enclosing the icon name in colons.

If you are not sure of the icon name just type a colon, start typing then select the icon from the drop-down list.

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Alasdair Manson
Alasdair Manson

Questions or feedback? Email alasdair@balsamiq.com.

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