To place an icon next to some text with correct spacing, use the class u-has-icon
on the parent element.
To import just this utility into your project, copy the snippet below and include it in your main Sass file.
// import Vanilla and include base mixins
// this only needs to happen once in a given project
@import 'vanilla-framework';
@include vf-base;
@include vf-u-has-icon;
For more information see Customising Vanilla in your projects, which includes overrides and importing instructions.