'how to use google material icons as class instead of <i> tag

According to the guideline in the Google Material website we have to use material icons in _i _ tag.

the question is how to add the icons as font-awesome. something like :

Class="material-icons face"

instead of

<i class="material-icons"> face </i>

google-material-icons


Solution 1:[1]

There's an easier way than the accepted answer. I got inspiration for this from the plugin css-toolip, which utilises the attr() css function (surprisingly has high browser adoption).

While attr() is supported for effectively all browsers for the content property... https://caniuse.com/#search=css%20attr

<span class="material-icons" data-icon="face"></span>

.material-icons:after {
    content: attr(data-icon);
}

This means that you don't have to add css for each icon that you want to use.

Solution 2:[2]

You can use IcoMoon (an outstanding free tool to generate fonts). Set class, prefix/suffix etc to adjust then you can easily add icons by <i class="m-home"></i>

Solution 3:[3]

It's also possible to create the selectors with Sass, if someone don't want to use data selectors.

$icons: "content_paste_search", "format-size", "search";

@each $icon in $icons {
  .material-icons-#{$icon}:after {
    content: $icon;
  }
}

<span class="material-icons material-icons-search"></span>

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Luke Madhanga
Solution 2 Alo
Solution 3 ProV

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