how to use google material icons as class instead of <i> tag

Question

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>

Answer 1

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";
}