Changelog Interviews

The Road to Font Awesome 5

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Dave Gandy joined the show to talk about the history of Font Awesome, what’s to come in Font Awesome 5 and their Kickstarter to fund Font Awesome 5 Pro, and how everything they’re doing is funneling back into the forever free and open source — Font Awesome Free.

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    • Dave Gandy – Website, GitHub, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    You can always add more sprinkles!

    • Font Awesome
    • Font Awesome on GitHub
    • Font Awesome Issues on GitHub
    • Support Font Awesome 5 on Kickstarter — make sure you watch that video too!
    • Dave said the video he created for Font Awesome Black Tie should be an example of what not to do.
    • Fort Awesome — Like Font Awesome. But Better. Build and manage icons and typefaces in a single place, then serve them with a single line of code.
    • Rob Madole on Twitter
    • Travis Chase on Twitter
    • Brian Talbot on Twitter
    • Videopixie — Find great videographers, directors, video editors, and animators to work with you on your project.
    • Half Baked was the set for the Font Awesome video
    • Knox Avenue did the production of the Font Awesome video

      • Below is the photo Dave mentioned when telling the story about the origins of the “Fort Awesome” name (listen at around 24:40).

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