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  1. <section id="requesting-new-icons">
  2. <h2 class="page-header">Requesting New Icons</h2>
  3. <p>
  4. New icons mostly start as requests by the
  5. <a href="{{ site.fontawesome.github.url }}/issues">Font Awesome community on GitHub</a>. Want to request a new
  6. icon? Here are some things to keep in mind:
  7. </p>
  8. <ol>
  9. <li>Please be nice. Font Awesome is a happy place.</li>
  10. <li>Please <a href="{{ site.fontawesome.github.url }}/search?type=Issues">search</a> to see if your icon request already exists.</li>
  11. <li>
  12. Please and thank you if you include the following:
  13. <ul>
  14. <li>
  15. Title your <a href="{{ site.fontawesome.github.url }}/issues/new?title=Icon%20Request:%20icon-name">new issue</a>
  16. <code>Icon request: icon-name</code>.
  17. </li>
  18. <li>Include a few use cases for your requested icon. How do you plan on using it?</li>
  19. <li>Attach a single color image or two that represent the idea you're going for.</li>
  20. </ul>
  21. </li>
  22. <li>
  23. Concrete objects make good icons, since abstract concepts are, well, abstract. It's harder to make an icon
  24. to represent happiness. It's easier to make a smiley face. <i class="icon-smile"></i>
  25. </li>
  26. </ol>
  27. </section>