Last year we found out about the release of a custom Bootstrap Icon library on the official blog. With the upcoming release of Bootstrap 5 we know for sure that there will be custom Bootstrap Icons included in the framework. Unfortunately with the release of Bootstrap 4 icons were no longer included by default in Bootstrap, rather the documentation recommends other icon libraries such as Font Awesome, Iconic, Octicons and so on.
If you used Bootstrap 3 you remember the awesome Glyphicons that came with the framework. It was created by Dave Gandy to be used with Twitter Bootstrap but in recent years they took it to the next level and also created a Pro version for those who want to upgrade. The initial release dates back to the 21th of August 2012 having roughly a 38% market share among websites using third-party font scripts right below Google Fonts.
The de facto leader of open source icons is Font Awesome. Icons are mostly used to complement other components and texts to offer a more suggestive visual experience to visitors. Nowadays icons have become an almost indispensable part of user interfaces for websites.
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