Make Font Awesome icons in a circle border with right 1:1 ratio

Question

In some case, if the ratio of the icon is not 1:1, the border is not a circle anymore.

Here's an example:

I'm currently using:

HTML:

.socials
      a(href='#') <i class="fa fa-facebook"></i>
      a(href='#') <i class="fa fa-twitter"></i>
      a(href='#') <i class="fa fa-google"></i>

SASS:

      border-radius: 50%
      border: solid white
      padding: 10px

Is there anyway that I can use CSS to fix the problem?

Answer 1

You need to set width, height, line height, & text-align to center the icon. icon will need also vertical-align reset to middle.

Avoid padding in pixels, but use width/height/line-height in em or rem. You can then change font-size and keep the ratio without updating other values.

a /* or selector a .fa */
  {  
  font-size:3em;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: solid white;
  color: white;
  line-height: 2em;
  width: 2em;
  height: 2em;
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block;
    transition:0.5s;
}
/* demo purpose */
a:hover {font-size:2em}
.fa {
/* optionnal vertical-align: middle;*/
}
body {
  background: #333
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<a href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>
<a href="#"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>
<a href="#"> <i class="fa fa-google"></i>
</a>