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+# icon 0.1.0
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+* First release.
+* Allows font icons to be easily included in R Markdown documents.
+* Provides support for Font Awesome, Academicons, and Ionicons icon libraries.
+* Some control options for the icons are possible, including icon colour, rotation, size and animations.