How can I rotate a font icon 45 degrees?

The reason why the icon does not rotate in it’s ‘raw’ state is because it’s default display setting is inline.

You cannot apply transforms to inline elements like this.

To solve the problem just apply `display:inline-block”.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Flaticon';
  src: url('data:font/ttf;base64,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') format('truetype');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}
[class^="flaticon-"]:before,
[class*=" flaticon-"]:before,
[class^="flaticon-"]:after,
[class*=" flaticon-"]:after {
  font-family: Flaticon;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-style: normal;
  margin-left: 20px;
}
.flaticon-hand-10:before {
  content: "\e000";
}
.gly-rotate-45 {
  filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=0.5);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  display: inline-block;
}
<i class="flaticon-hand-10 gly-rotate-45"></i>

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