Bootstrap Glyphicons

Glyphicons are the icon fonts that are used in web projects. Bootstrap provides 260 Glyphicons from the Glyphicons Halflings set.

Some examples of Glyphicons are:

Envelope glyphicon
Print glyphicon
Search glyphicon
Download glyphicon etc.

Glyphicons Syntax

To create the desired Glyphicon, the "name" part of the syntax must be replaced accordingly.

For example: If you want to create "envelope" glyphicon, then you must write the following syntax:

Bootstrap Glyphicon Example

Let's take an example to see the different ways to use glyphicons:

 <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Example</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h2>Glyphicon Examples</h2>
  <p>Envelope icon: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span></p>    
  <p>Envelope icon as a link:
    <a href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span></a>
  </p>
  <p>Search icon: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span></p>
  <p>Search icon on a button:
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Search
    </button>
  </p>
  <p>Search icon on a styled button:
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-info">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Search
    </button>
  </p>
  <p>Print icon: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-print"></span></p>      
  <p>Print icon on a styled link button:
    <a href="#" class="btn btn-success btn-lg">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-print"></span> Print 
    </a>
  </p> 
</div>

  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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