---
title: "What are the Glyphicons in Bootstrap? How to use it in our Project?"
description: "What are the Glyphicons in Bootstrap? How to use it in our Project?"
author: "Ethan Karla"
published: 2021-07-28
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93879/what-are-the-glyphicons-in-bootstrap-how-to-use-it-in-our-project
category: "web application"
tags: ["web development", "web application development"]
reading_time: 2 minutes
---
# What are the Glyphicons in Bootstrap? How to use it in our Project?
What are the Glyphicons in [Bootstrap](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43948/top-free-resources-for-learning-and-perfecting-bootstrap-programming)? How to use it in our [Project](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/105927/how-to-excel-at-managing-multiple-projects)?
## Answers
### Answer by Kirti Sharma
Web applications project uses various **icon fonts** that are referred to as Glyphicons in Bootstrap. Glyphicons are **hieroglyphic character or symbols** that are presented as icons font in bootstrap.
Bootstrap provides 260 Glyphicons from the Glyphicons Halflings set.
Some examples of Glyphicons are:
1. Envelope glyphicon
2. Print glyphicon
3. Search glyphicon
4. Download glyphicon etc.
You can use bootstrap glyphicons in your project free of cost by using different Glayphicon classes as follows:
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Bootstrap Example