According to the guideline in the Google Material website we have to use material icons in _i _ tag.
the question is how to add the icons as font-awesome. something like :
Class="material-icons face"
instead of
<i class="material-icons"> face </i>
Yes,you can add the material icons as classes using the after pseudo elements.check out the fiddle
<span class="material-icons face"></span>
.face {
position:relative;
display:inline-block;
}
.face:after {
content: "face";
}