How can I find out the XAML codes used for characters in fontAwesome?

Question

In unicode I have a character that I specify by "\uf2fc" Can someone tell me how I can go about converting the unicode form show in the FO docs to those I can use in XAML? The XAML values used to be listed on the web pages but it no longer lists them and just gives the Unicode.

https://fontawesome.com/icons/rectangle-wide?style=regular

Note that the new versions of the cheat sheet don't include the XAML codes like the old versions did.

https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet/pro

[cheat sheet](https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/cheatsheet/), just change the ver# in the url for your needs. — Chris W., Sep 07 '18 at 16:32
Those cheat sheets are for the old version of font awesome. The cheat sheets for the new version don't include the XAML codes unfortunately. — Alan2, Sep 07 '18 at 17:15
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1367202/how-to-put-a-unicode-character-in-xaml — Nick Kovalsky, Sep 07 '18 at 21:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '18 at 07:14

Another approach would be to implement a class "FontAwesome.cs" and then fill it with static variables:

public class FontAwesome
{
    public static string FAGlass = "\uf000";
    public static string FAMusic = "\uf001";
    public static string FASearch = "\uf002";
    public static string FAEnvelopeO = "\uf003";
    public static string FAHeart = "\uf004";
    public static string FAStar = "\uf005";
    public static string FAStarO = "\uf006";
    public static string FAUser = "\uf007";
    public static string FAFilm = "\uf008";
    public static string FAThLarge = "\uf009";
    public static string FATh = "\uf00a";
    public static string FAThList = "\uf00b";
    public static string FACheck = "\uf00c";
    public static string FATimes = "\uf00d";
    public static string FASearchPlus = "\uf00e";
    ...
}

Then whenever needed, you can access it in your xaml with:

<Label Text="{x:Static fontAwesome:FontAwesome.FABriefcase}" />

Note that this requires you to include the class in your Xaml:

xmlns:fontAwesome="clr-namespace:MyApp.Globals;assembly=MyApp"

How can I find out the XAML codes used for characters in fontAwesome?

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