/// Makes an element's :before pseudoelement a FontAwesome icon.
/// @param {string} $content Optional content value to use.
@mixin icon($content: false) {

	text-decoration: none;

	&:before {

		@if $content {
			content: $content;
		}

		-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
		-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
		font-family: FontAwesome;
		font-style: normal;
		font-weight: normal;
		text-transform: none !important;

	}

}

/// Applies padding to an element, taking the current element-margin value into account.
/// @param {mixed} $tb Top/bottom padding.
/// @param {mixed} $lr Left/right padding.
/// @param {list} $pad Optional extra padding (in the following order top, right, bottom, left)
/// @param {bool} $important If true, adds !important.
@mixin padding($tb, $lr, $pad: (0,0,0,0), $important: null) {

	@if $important {
		$important: '!important';
	}

	padding: ($tb + nth($pad,1)) ($lr + nth($pad,2)) max(0.1em, $tb - _size(element-margin) + nth($pad,3)) ($lr + nth($pad,4)) #{$important};

}