How to change jquery Flexslider arrows design?

Question

i am trying to change Flexslider arrows design from css file, but failed. i am giving screenshot of what i did and wat i wanted :D or is there any way to change flexslider icon or font? this is my work: http://i.stack.imgur.com/4fgcU.png this is i want to do : http://i.stack.imgur.com/zhxqI.png

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    <li><a href="#" title="Previous"><span class="icon icon-arrow-left8"></span></a>
    </li>
    <li><a href="#" title="Next"><span class="icon icon-arrow-right8"></span></a>
    </li>
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Solution 1

If you don't want to touch font or add a new font containing icons matching your design, You can achieve something similar by overriding the css:

.flex-direction-nav a {
    display: block;
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px;
    margin: -20px 0 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    z-index: 10;
    overflow: hidden;
    opacity: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
    text-shadow: none;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    color: #fff;
    background-color: #000;
    border-radius: 50%;
    text-align: center;
}
.flex-direction-nav a:before {
    font-family: "flexslider-icon";
    font-size: 20px;
    display: inline-block;
    content: '\f001';
    color: #FFF;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
    line-height: 40px;
}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-next {
    right: -50px;
    text-align: center;
}

Here is the result:

Solution 2

You can use fontawesome insteed flexslider font, modifying css such this example:

.flex-direction-nav a:before {
  font-family: 'FontAwesome';
  font-size: 50px;
  display: inline-block;
  content: '\f053';
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
}
.flex-direction-nav a.flex-next:before {
  content: '\f054';
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'FontAwesome';
  src: url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?v=4.7.0');
  src: url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot?#iefix&v=4.7.0') format('embedded-opentype'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.7.0') format('woff2'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=4.7.0') format('woff'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=4.7.0') format('truetype'), url('../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg?v=4.7.0#fontawesomeregular') format('svg');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}

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