# Material design icons vs font awesome
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [26 June 2019 14:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615 "2019-06-26T14:13:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [9 July 2019 07:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/41 "2019-07-09T07:48:52Z")
This is due to angular stripping out anything dangerous like scripts and styles. But you can get round it by using html and the \
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [9 July 2019 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/42 "2019-07-09T07:51:24Z")
dceejay,
I thought the idea was to get away from using `` ...... tags.
Anyway, ok. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [9 July 2019 07:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/43 "2019-07-09T07:54:24Z")
er no - the idea is to use tags correctly - in open and closing pairs.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [9 July 2019 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/44 "2019-07-09T09:07:02Z")
> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
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> I thought the idea was to get away from using `` ...... tags.
> [@dceejay](#):
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> er no - the idea is to use tags correctly - in open and closing pairs.
To be fair, both statements are correct.
Font tags shouldn't be used _if possible_ and a framework _should_ not force you to use old tags when CSS is a much better approach.
However, it does and Dave's answer is, as always, correct 🙂
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [9 July 2019 09:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/45 "2019-07-09T09:27:07Z")
I shall have to again bow to superior knowledge.
But the _if possible_ part wasn't in my knowledge base at time of posting.
So a lot of what I wan . . . .
Nah, I'll just dig another hole.
I'll shut up and re-process what was said now.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [9 July 2019 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/46 "2019-07-09T09:38:59Z")
Sometimes you have to accept that logic doesn't apply - just knowledge 😄
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [18 June 2020 14:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/material-design-icons-vs-font-awesome/12615/47 "2020-06-18T14:55:59Z")
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