Thought I would give this a bump in case you, or anyone else looking to add font awesome.
If you want to make each icon different (Like here at NBB)
Here is the code I use
.forumicons_2 i::before { content: "\f0f3"; }
The fid goes were the "2" is (Which can be found in the ACP, under forum management. Click the sub forum, and look at the address bar, it should say something like fid=23, or something along those lines)
And add the font awesome unicode in between the quotes.
Oh yea, add that code^^ to global.css (Or if you followed the tutorial correctly it should already be there, and just edit to your liking)