Font Awesome - how to put an icon inside a circle? - html

Question

I'm trying to put some Font Awesome icons over a div element, making it look like a circle that contains the icons. There are in total three icons inside a circle each, and all the circle have to be next to each other. But when I try to do it the icons are not positioned correctly and the circles move out of place. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
.python {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
display: inline-block;
border-radius: 50%;
margin-left: 183px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
.fa-python{
font-size: 100px;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.12.0/css/all.css">
<div class="python">
<i class="fab fa-python"></i>
</div>

Answer 1

Font Awesome already allow this, you don't need to do it yourself:
.custom .fa-circle:before {
border-radius: 50%;
background: linear-gradient(red, blue);
color: transparent;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.12.0/css/all.css">
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="far fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
<i class="fab fa-python fa-stack-1x"></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" style="color:lightblue"></i>
<i class="fab fa-python fa-stack-1x "></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" style="color:blue"></i>
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" ></i>
<i class="fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x custom">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" ></i>
<i class="fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
</span>
Related: https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/styling/stacking-icons
Same code works for the V6 as well:
.custom .fa-circle:before {
border-radius: 50%;
background: linear-gradient(red, blue);
color: transparent;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.2.0/css/all.css">
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="far fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
<i class="fab fa-python fa-stack-1x"></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" style="color:lightblue"></i>
<i class="fab fa-python fa-stack-1x "></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" style="color:blue"></i>
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" ></i>
<i class="fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
</span>
<span class="fa-stack fa-2x custom">
<i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x" ></i>
<i class="fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
</span>

Answer 2

I think is easier to just use flex
.python {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
display: flex;
border-radius: 50%;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
or grid
{
display: grid;
place-content: center;
}