This project offers a Joomla! plugin to add FontAwesome icons.

First of all, the plugin simply loads the FontAwesome library remotely.

Second, any FontAwesome tag in your content will be translated into an icon:

{fa fa-camera-retro fa-2x}
{fa fa-spinner fa-spin}
{fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin}

The arguments after {fa ...} can include the fa- prefix, or the prefix can be skipped.

{fa fa-book}
{fa book}

Stacking is done by adding brackets:

{fa fa-stack fa-lg [fa-square-o fa-stack-2x][fa-twitter fa-stack-1x]}

To make it easier to use the same sequence multiple times, you can add the following to the plugins alias box:

stuff="fa-stack fa-lg [fa-square-o fa-stack-2x][fa-twitter fa-stack-1x]"

Or shorter:

stuff="stack lg [square-o stack-2x][twitter stack-1x]"

And now the following will do as well:

{fa stuff}

• Short tags require less typing
• Tags are visible any WYSIWYG editor

We have released an excellent guide for developing Joomla plugins: Programming Joomla Plugins written by Jisse Reitsma, a must-have for any serious Joomla developer.

https://www.yireo.com/books/programming-joomla-plugins-book