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<div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html"><span class="nt">&lt;link</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">&quot;//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/css/bootstrap-combined.no-icons.min.css&quot;</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">&quot;stylesheet&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
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  <h2 class="page-header">EASY: Default CSS</h2>
  <p>Use this method to get the default Font Awesome CSS with the default Bootstrap CSS.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html"><span class="nt">&lt;link</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">&quot;stylesheet&quot;</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">&quot;path/to/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
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  <h2 class="page-header">PRO: Custom LESS</h2>
  <p>Use this method to customize Font Awesome and Bootstrap 2.3.2 using LESS.</p>
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    <li>Copy the <code>font-awesome</code> directory into your project.</li>
    <li>Open your project's bootstrap/bootstrap.less and replace
<div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html">@import &quot;sprites.less&quot;;
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    <li>Follow the above directions and skip the Bootstrap parts.</li>
    <li>Open your project's font-awesome.less or font-awesome.min.css and edit the font location to point it to your font directory (see above examples).</li>
    <li>Check out the <a href="../examples/">examples</a> to start using Font Awesome!</li>
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    <li>Copy font-awesome-ie7.min.css into your project.</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><code class="html"><span class="nt">&lt;link</span> <span class="na">rel=</span><span class="s">&quot;stylesheet&quot;</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">&quot;path/to/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
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