Font awesome is not showing icon

Question

I am using Font Awesome and do not wish to add CSS with HTTP. I downloaded Font Awesome and included it in my code, yet Font Awesome is showing a bordered square box instead

Answer 1

So it seems adding style='font-weight:normal;' or otherwise changing the font directly on the element overrides the .fas{font-weight:900} definition in Font Awesome's CSS file. I guess the font has specific defines within the font file that it works with. It seems the font-weight must be set between 501 and 1000, or the font may look like a square block.