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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 version 1.5.0 (xx MMM 2013)
  - added a new icon set: "awesome" (using the icons from the Font Awesome font).
+ - set the "awesome" icon set as the default for the "casual" and "banking"
+ style variants (can be changed back with \moderncvicons{marvosym}).
 
 version 1.4.0 (28 Mar 2013)
  - deprecated \phone, \mobile and \fax in favour of \phone[<type>], where <type>
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diff --git a/moderncvstylebanking.sty b/moderncvstylebanking.sty
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--- a/moderncvstylebanking.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylebanking.sty
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 %\fi
 
 % symbols
-\moderncvicons{marvosym}
+\moderncvicons{awesome}
 
 % commands
 \newcommand*{\maketitlesymbol}{%
diff --git a/moderncvstylecasual.sty b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
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--- a/moderncvstylecasual.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 %                required packages
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \RequirePackage{moderncvstyleclassic}
+\moderncvicons{awesome}
 
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------