Use FontAwesome or Glyphicons with css :before

Question

Is there any way to embed HTML in the css content: element when using a :before pseudo-element?

I want to use a Font Awesome (or Glyphicon)

Answer 1

The accepted answer (as of 2019 JULY 29) is only still valid if you have not started using the more recent SVG-with-JS approach of FontAwesome. In which case you need to follow the instructions on their CSS Pseudo-Elements HowTo. Basically there are three things to watch out for:

• place the data-attribute on the SCRIPT-Tag "data-search-pseudo-elements" loading the fontawesome.min.js
• make the pseudo-element itself have display:none
• proper font-family & font-weight combination for the icon you need: "Font Awesome 5 Free" and 300 (fal/light), 400 (far/regular) or 900 (fas/solid)