Icons appear as rectangles with characters in them? - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/ Discussion Board en-US Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:56:54 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Icons appear as rectangles with characters in them? https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/#post-102580 Mon, 15 May 2023 16:26:04 +0000 Thank you so much @Tutrix - the additional CSS code fixed everything!

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 eviolette https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/#post-102580 RE: Icons appear as rectangles with characters in them? https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/#post-102568 Mon, 15 May 2023 15:10:14 +0000 Hi @eviolette

your wordpress theme overwrites the icon font

add this to custom css

#wpforo #wpforo-wrap .fa, #wpforo #wpforo-wrap .fab, #wpforo #wpforo-wrap .far, #wpforo #wpforo-wrap .fas {
  font-family: "Font Awesome 6 Free" !important;
}

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]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Tutrix https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/#post-102568 Icons appear as rectangles with characters in them? https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/#post-102561 Mon, 15 May 2023 14:06:34 +0000 Icons are not appearing correctly in wpForo on my company’s website. They show up as rectangles with 4 tiny letters/numbers inside. I am also having a glitch on the same page with my regular website footer – our social media icons are showing up as the same rectangles….but they appear ok on every other page on the website. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I also have trouble getting the “login” and “create an account” buttons to show consistently.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 eviolette https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/icons-appear-as-rectangles-with-characters-in-them/#post-102561