info-circle regular isn't free

[mariusa]

Describe the bug https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&q=info&m=free question-circle regular is free (excellent) info-circle regular isn't free, just solid. Hopefully by mistake?

To Reproduce https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&q=info&m=free

Expected behavior Would you please consider making info-circle regular free as well?

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Version and implementation Version: 5.0

• [ ] SVG with JS
• [x] Web Fonts with CSS
• [ ] SVG Sprites
• [ ] On the Desktop

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[tagliala]

Hi!

Thanks for being part of the Font Awesome Community.

I think this is not an bug.

far fa-question-circle is the replacement for FA 4's fa fa-question-circle-o, and this explains why it is available in the free set of FA 5.

Also, I would compare fa-question-circle with fa-exclamation-circle, which is not present in FA5.

Even if this bug request could be turned into an icon request, then I should close the icon request because the icon is available in FA Pro, so I should close this directly 🤔

Let's ask @sensibleworld for thoughts before proceeding

[Raphaww]

can't believe this icon is not in the 'free' package, it used to be free in previous versions... having to load a complete package of 'solid' versions just to have something similar...

[tagliala]

can't believe this icon is not in the 'free' package, it used to be free in previous versions...

Hi, as I mentioned before in https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/16787#issuecomment-643362798, this icon was never been part of the free set.

If I'm missing something, please provide a link where info-circle is included in the free set

[tdegrunt]

This is an old ticket, but I'm running into this as well.

We have the Pro license for our closed-source project, but also build some open source components. We'd like to offer a consistent look and feel to our components, using the free font-awesome set, providing a way to configure pro-icons, if so licensed.

There are free variants for: circle-xmark, circle-check, circle-question but not for circle-info. The effect can be attained by using stacks ofcourse. So irrespective of the above I wonder if for consistency purposes circle-info could be made part of the free set?

[tagliala]

Hi,

We'd like to offer a consistent look and feel to our components, using the free font-awesome set, providing a way to configure pro-icons, if so licensed.

I suggest limiting the open-source icon style to solid. Regular icons would then be used for closed-source or Pro-licensed open-source projects, providing a clear visual distinction regarding license type.

So irrespective of the above I wonder if for consistency purposes circle-info could be made part of the free set?

This will lead to similar requests like:

circle-xmark, circle-check, circle-question, and circle-info are included but not X

where X may be:

• circle-exclamation
• circle-minus
• circle-plus

or even:

• circle-chevron-* (4 icons)
• circle-arrow-* (4 icons)

While I acknowledge the inconsistency in the current approach, I've provided the historical context for including circle-question among the regular free icons, as detailed in my previous comment.

Our general philosophy prioritizes providing a minimal set of regular icons for essential functionalities like status changes (star, heart), at the expense of visual uniformity.

Said so, I would prefer to see circle-info, circle-exclamation, circle-minus, and circle-plus all added rather than circle-info alone

Let's ask some other thoughts to @robmadole

[robmadole]

@tagliala has covered it well. The only thing I could add is that we will continue to think about this and how it affects users.