Create an base64 image from a font awesome icon

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function getFontAwesomeIcon(unicodeString,color){
	var canvas=document.createElement("canvas");
	canvas.height=16;
	canvas.width=16;
	var context= canvas.getContext("2d");
	context.font="15px FontAwesome";
	context.fillStyle = color;
	context.fillText(String.fromCharCode(parseInt(unicodeString, 16)), 0, 16);
	return canvas.toDataURL("image/png", 1.0);
}