Set icon font as background in CSS property

Question

All I want to do is replace a background image in CSS with an icon font, not icon image. I can't get it done. This is the CSS property:

.social-networks .twitter{background:url(../images/social/twitter.png);}

This is the code in PHP:

<ul class="social-networks">
    <?php if (my_option('twitter_link')): ?>
        <li>
            <a href="<?php echo my_option('twitter_link'); ?>"  class="twitter">twitter</a>
        </li>
    <?php endif; ?>

The way I insert an incon font is <span class="icon">A</span>

Solution 1

You could try something like this: FIDDLE

Let's say you have your DIV:

<div class="test"></div>

you create your css style like this:

.test {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    border: 2px solid lightblue;
}

.test:before {
    content: "H";
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    font-size: 5.0em;
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    line-height: 100px;
}​

in the property content you choose your "letter" and then you can change the font-size, font-weight, color, etc...

Solution 2

There is a content property in css:

.icon-rocket:after {
   content: "{Symbol for rocket}";
}

http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_gen_content.asp

Comments

[Turner Hayes]

Note that this will not work for replaced content, such as inputs, because they cannot contain any children (except <button>)