Can we use ionicons like we use font awesome
? or is there any workaround. Currently, they have the option to download SVG's but they are not opening in photoshop for me (I am using cs6).
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Do these answers begin to answer your question? – joojaa Feb 21 at 20:18
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How do we use font awesome in PS cs 6? I have no recollection of what the svg support was pre CC. I could've sworn you could open svg's but PS would rasterize them... But I guess not? — I personally use IconJar (Mac only). You can drag icons from IconJar to the application... but that is no different than dragging/opening .svg files in PS. – Joonas Feb 21 at 22:08
Don't open an SVG in Photoshop - that will rasterize it. In some instances I've found that Photoshop can have problems rasterizing an SVG, especially a complex one.
Instead try placing the SVG using File > Place linked/embedded, or drag and drop the file into an existing document, where it will be converted into a Smart Object, and will remain a vector image. This certainly works in Photoshop CC. I don't have a copy of CS6 to test it.
If this still causes problems, perhaps try opening the SVG in Illustrator, and save as an AI file, then place the AI file as a Smart Object in a Photoshop document.
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Yeah, I was doing the same. Open in illustrator and then drag into photoshop as a smart object. Not an efficient solution like font-awesome we use but it works. thanks – Aamir Shahzad Feb 22 at 20:03
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@AamirShahzad, you still haven't told us how you use font awesome in cs6. Dude, cs6/cc was released like 8 years ago. I can't remember further than 24hours you think I remember how things worked I cs6? :) Like I think I maybe had an extension for fontawesome. But if you use it as a font, you could probably use like iconmoon.io to convert any icon pack into a font... though I'm not s sure that would make it any easier than just converting the files to png once and just dragging them in on demand.. – Joonas Feb 22 at 21:53