diff --git a/data/fonts/Makefile.am b/data/fonts/Makefile.am
index 0a832e495..9188d5e07 100644
--- a/data/fonts/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/fonts/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ if BOXMODEL_CST_HD2
 install_DATA += UnDotum.ttf
 endif
 
+if ! BOXMODEL_CST_HD1
+# icon font
+install_DATA += \
+	fa-solid-900.ttf
+endif
+
 install-data-hook:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(FONTDIR); \
 		mv $(neutrino_ttf) neutrino.ttf; \
diff --git a/data/fonts/fa-solid-900.LICENSE b/data/fonts/fa-solid-900.LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f31bef92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/fonts/fa-solid-900.LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Font Awesome Free License
+-------------------------
+
+Font Awesome Free is free, open source, and GPL friendly. You can use it for
+commercial projects, open source projects, or really almost whatever you want.
+Full Font Awesome Free license: https://fontawesome.com/license/free.
+
+# Icons: CC BY 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
+In the Font Awesome Free download, the CC BY 4.0 license applies to all icons
+packaged as SVG and JS file types.
+
+# Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1 License (https://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
+In the Font Awesome Free download, the SIL OFL license applies to all icons
+packaged as web and desktop font files.
+
+# Code: MIT License (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+In the Font Awesome Free download, the MIT license applies to all non-font and
+non-icon files.
+
+# Attribution
+Attribution is required by MIT, SIL OFL, and CC BY licenses. Downloaded Font
+Awesome Free files already contain embedded comments with sufficient
+attribution, so you shouldn't need to do anything additional when using these
+files normally.
+
+We've kept attribution comments terse, so we ask that you do not actively work
+to remove them from files, especially code. They're a great way for folks to
+learn about Font Awesome.
+
+# Brand Icons
+All brand icons are trademarks of their respective owners. The use of these
+trademarks does not indicate endorsement of the trademark holder by Font
+Awesome, nor vice versa. **Please do not use brand logos for any purpose except
+to represent the company, product, or service to which they refer.**
diff --git a/data/fonts/fa-solid-900.ttf b/data/fonts/fa-solid-900.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35197cfa8
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/fonts/fa-solid-900.ttf differ
diff --git a/src/driver/fontrenderer.cpp b/src/driver/fontrenderer.cpp
index c194ce079..0a762e8aa 100644
--- a/src/driver/fontrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/fontrenderer.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,18 @@ return 0;
 	index=FT_Get_Char_Index(face, 'M'); // "M" gives us ascender
 	getGlyphBitmap(index, &glyph);
 	int tM=glyph->top;
+
 	fontwidth = glyph->width;
+	// walk through all chars to find fontwidth_widest
+	FT_UInt gindex = 0;
+	FT_ULong charcode = FT_Get_First_Char(face, &gindex);
+	while (gindex != 0)
+	{
+		getGlyphBitmap(gindex, &glyph);
+		fontwidth_widest = std::max(fontwidth, (int)glyph->width);
+		charcode = FT_Get_Next_Char(face, charcode, &gindex);
+	}
+	//printf("Font::setSize() %s: fontwidth=%d fontwidth_widest=%d\n", face->family_name, fontwidth, fontwidth_widest);
 
 	index=FT_Get_Char_Index(face, 'g'); // "g" gives us descender
 	getGlyphBitmap(index, &glyph);
@@ -319,6 +330,11 @@ int Font::getWidth(void)
 	return fontwidth;
 }
 
+int Font::getWidestWidth(void)
+{
+	return fontwidth_widest;
+}
+
 int Font::getHeight(void)
 {
 	return height;
diff --git a/src/driver/fontrenderer.h b/src/driver/fontrenderer.h
index 725ea8c47..c4068579a 100644
--- a/src/driver/fontrenderer.h
+++ b/src/driver/fontrenderer.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class Font
 	// these are HACKED values, because the font metrics were unusable.
 	int height,DigitHeight,DigitOffset,ascender,descender,upper,lower;
 	int fontwidth;
+	int fontwidth_widest;
 	int maxdigitwidth;
 	uint8_t fg_red, fg_green, fg_blue;
 	fb_pixel_t colors[256];
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ class Font
 	int getMaxDigitWidth(void);
 	int getDigitOffset(void);
 	int getWidth(void);
+	int getWidestWidth(void);
 	int getSize(){return font.width;}
 	int setSize(int isize);
 
diff --git a/src/driver/neutrinofonts.cpp b/src/driver/neutrinofonts.cpp
index 2e582cc78..ecfe67e09 100644
--- a/src/driver/neutrinofonts.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/neutrinofonts.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ font_sizes_struct fixed_font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_FIXED_COUNT] =
 
 const font_sizes_struct signal_font = {NONEXISTANT_LOCALE, 14, CNeutrinoFonts::FONT_STYLE_REGULAR, 1};
 const font_sizes_struct shell_font = {NONEXISTANT_LOCALE, 18, CNeutrinoFonts::FONT_STYLE_REGULAR, 1};
+const font_sizes_struct icon_font = {NONEXISTANT_LOCALE, 14, CNeutrinoFonts::FONT_STYLE_REGULAR, 1};
 
 CNeutrinoFonts::CNeutrinoFonts()
 {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ CNeutrinoFonts::CNeutrinoFonts()
 
 	g_SignalFont = NULL;
 	g_ShellFont = NULL;
+	g_IconFont = NULL;
 
 	InitDynFonts();
 }
@@ -260,6 +262,41 @@ void CNeutrinoFonts::SetupShellFont()
 		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[CNeutrinoFonts] [%s - %d] shell font family: %s (%s)\n", __func__, __LINE__, shell_font_name.c_str(), shell_ttf.c_str());
 }
 
+std::string CNeutrinoFonts::getIconTTF()
+{
+	const char *icon_ttf[2] = { FONTDIR_VAR "/fa-solid-900.ttf", FONTDIR "/fa-solid-900.ttf" };
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+	{
+		if (access(icon_ttf[i], F_OK) == 0)
+			return (std::string)icon_ttf[i];
+	}
+	return "";
+}
+
+void CNeutrinoFonts::SetupIconFont()
+{
+	if (g_IconFont)
+	{
+		delete g_IconFont;
+		g_IconFont = NULL;
+	}
+
+	std::string icon_ttf = getIconTTF();
+	if (access(icon_ttf.c_str(), F_OK) != 0)
+		return;
+
+	if (g_iconFontRenderer != NULL)
+		delete g_iconFontRenderer;
+	g_iconFontRenderer = new FBFontRenderClass();
+	g_iconFontRenderer->AddFont(icon_ttf.c_str());
+
+	std::string icon_font_name = g_iconFontRenderer->getFamily(icon_ttf.c_str());
+	int icon_font_size = CFrameBuffer::getInstance()->scale2Res(icon_font.defaultsize)/* + icon_font.size_offset * fontDescr.size_offset*/;
+	g_IconFont = g_iconFontRenderer->getFont(icon_font_name.c_str(), fontStyle[icon_font.style].c_str(), icon_font_size);
+	if (g_IconFont)
+		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[CNeutrinoFonts] [%s - %d] icon font family: %s (%s)\n", __func__, __LINE__, icon_font_name.c_str(), icon_ttf.c_str());
+}
+
 void CNeutrinoFonts::refreshDynFonts()
 {
 	if (!v_share_fonts.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/driver/neutrinofonts.h b/src/driver/neutrinofonts.h
index e3e9525d1..acc0e5646 100644
--- a/src/driver/neutrinofonts.h
+++ b/src/driver/neutrinofonts.h
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ class CNeutrinoFonts
 		void SetupDynamicFonts(bool initRenderClass = true);
 		void SetupShellFont();
 		std::string getShellTTF();
+		void SetupIconFont();
+		std::string getIconTTF();
+
 		void refreshDynFonts();
 		Font **getDynFont(int &dx, int &dy, std::string text="", int style=FONT_STYLE_REGULAR, int share=FONT_ID_SHARE);
 		void setFontUseDigitHeight(bool set=true) {useDigitOffset = set;}
diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index 62ca2b16c..51bc7b665 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -61,12 +61,14 @@ NEUTRINO_CPP FBFontRenderClass *g_fontRenderer;
 NEUTRINO_CPP FBFontRenderClass *g_fixedFontRenderer;
 NEUTRINO_CPP FBFontRenderClass *g_dynFontRenderer;
 NEUTRINO_CPP FBFontRenderClass *g_shellFontRenderer;
+NEUTRINO_CPP FBFontRenderClass *g_iconFontRenderer;
 
 class Font;
 NEUTRINO_CPP Font *g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_COUNT];
 NEUTRINO_CPP Font *g_FixedFont[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_FIXED_COUNT];
 NEUTRINO_CPP Font *g_SignalFont;
 NEUTRINO_CPP Font *g_ShellFont;
+NEUTRINO_CPP Font *g_IconFont;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONTROLD
 class CControldClient;
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/iconfont.h b/src/gui/widget/iconfont.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69dd06ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/widget/iconfont.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+	Iconfont defines
+	Copyright (C) 2021, Sven Hoefer 'vanhofen'
+
+	License: GPL
+
+	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+	License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+	version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+	General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __gui_widget_iconfont_h__
+#define __gui_widget_iconfont_h__
+
+#define ICONFONT_FILE "\uf15b"
+#define ICONFONT_FILM "\uf008"
+#define ICONFONT_FOLDER "\uf07b"
+#define ICONFONT_FOLDER_OPEN "\uf07c"
+#define ICONFONT_IMAGE "\uf03e"
+#define ICONFONT_LIST "\uf03a"
+#define ICONFONT_MUSIC "\uf001"
+
+#endif /* __gui_widget_iconfont_h__ */
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 5927d89bf..1a5ca9f6a 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -2748,6 +2748,8 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::SetupFonts(int fmode)
 		neutrinoFonts->refreshDynFonts();
 	}
 
+	neutrinoFonts->SetupIconFont();
+
 	/* recalculate infobar position */
 	if (g_InfoViewer)
 		g_InfoViewer->start();
@@ -5503,6 +5505,7 @@ int CNeutrinoApp::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const std::string & actionKey)
 			delete g_fixedFontRenderer;
 			delete g_dynFontRenderer;
 			delete g_shellFontRenderer;
+			delete g_iconFontRenderer;
 
 			delete hint;
 
@@ -6112,6 +6115,9 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::Cleanup()
 	printf("cleanup g_shellFontRenderer\n"); fflush(stdout);
 	delete g_shellFontRenderer; g_shellFontRenderer = NULL;
 
+	printf("cleanup g_iconFontRenderer\n"); fflush(stdout);
+	delete g_iconFontRenderer; g_iconFontRenderer = NULL;
+
 	printf("cleanup g_PicViewer\n"); fflush(stdout);
 	delete g_PicViewer; g_PicViewer = NULL;
 
@@ -6198,6 +6204,9 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::Cleanup()
 	printf("cleanup g_ShellFont\n"); fflush(stdout);
 	delete g_ShellFont; g_ShellFont = NULL;
 
+	printf("cleanup g_IconFont\n"); fflush(stdout);
+	delete g_IconFont; g_IconFont = NULL;
+
 	printf("cleanup g_settings.usermenu[]\n"); fflush(stdout);
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < g_settings.usermenu.size(); ++i)
 	{