Deprecated in the light of Phase out icon font and use SVG everywhere #6107 For notes on adding new SVG icons, see #6028
To add new icons to the Wagtail icon font:
- go to https://icomoon.io/app/
- hamburger menu -> Manage project -> Import project
- open wagtail/admin/static_src/wagtailadmin/fonts/wagtail-icomoon.json
- Rename 'Untitled Project 1' to 'Wagtail'
- click 'Load', Add icons from library, Font Awesome -> Add
- Select the icon(s) you want, then from the hamburger menu next to Wagtail, 'Copy selection to set'. Using the 'move' tool, move it to the end of the list
- From the hamburger menu next to Wagtail, 'select all', then 'Generate font'. Make a note of the hex code for the icon(s) you've added, and then click 'Download'.
- Unpack the zip file, and copy the
.wofffile in the 'fonts' folder to wagtail/admin/static_src/wagtailadmin/fonts/ - Click 'Selection', then:
- From the hamburger menu next to Font Awesome, 'Remove Set'
- from the hamburger menu next to Wagtail, 'Deselect' then 'Download JSON'; save it to wagtail/admin/static_src/wagtailadmin/fonts/wagtail-icomoon.json
- Reopen wagtail/admin/static_src/wagtailadmin/fonts/wagtail-icomoon.json from 'import project' and confirm that the icons are still there...
- Update wagtail/admin/static_src/wagtailadmin/scss/_variables-icons.scss with entries for your new icons, using the hex code you noted down.
- Update wagtail/contrib/styleguide/templates/wagtailstyleguide/base.html and add the icon to the 'icons' section.