# How to display font awesome icons alongside category?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-font-awesome-icons-alongside-category/124470
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [31 juli 2019 om 01:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-font-awesome-icons-alongside-category/124470 "2019-07-31T01:02:37Z")
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### Author: ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [31 juli 2019 om 01:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-font-awesome-icons-alongside-category/124470/2 "2019-07-31T01:22:25Z")

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Try using the following component. I just tested it and it’s working:

> [@Category Icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-icons-component/104683):
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> warning This theme component is deprecated and should no longer be used. Its features are now in Discourse Core (see: [Bringing popular features to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bringing-popular-features-to-discourse-header-search-welcome-banner-and-category-icons-emoji/359169)). For private category icon customization, refer to [this topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-aliases-for-replacing-lock-icons-on-closed-topics-and-restricted-categories/373778). discourse2Summary Category Icons allows category badge links to have icons next to the category name.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/category-icons)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-category-icons](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-category-icons) …

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