JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.css">
<div class='test'>
    <i class="fa fa-flag"></i>&nbsp;Abcdef ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</div>

CSS

.test {
    width: 20px;
}
.test .fa {
    display: inline;
}