diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/notificationarea.less b/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/notificationarea.less
index 5f46405..599817f 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/notificationarea.less
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/notificationarea.less
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@
     .indicator_area();
 }
 
+.modal_indicator:before {
+    .fa-fw();
+}
+
 .edit_mode .modal_indicator:before {
-    .icon(@fa-var-pencil)
+    .icon(@fa-var-pencil);
 }
 
 .command_mode .modal_indicator:before {
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/style/style.min.css b/IPython/html/static/style/style.min.css
index 85d71bd..aa9d39b 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/style/style.min.css
+++ b/IPython/html/static/style/style.min.css
@@ -8925,6 +8925,7 @@ ul#new-menu {
   text-rendering: auto;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  transform: translate(0, 0);
   width: 20px;
 }
 .dirty-indicator.pull-left {
@@ -8940,6 +8941,7 @@ ul#new-menu {
   text-rendering: auto;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  transform: translate(0, 0);
   width: 20px;
 }
 .dirty-indicator-dirty.pull-left {
@@ -8955,6 +8957,7 @@ ul#new-menu {
   text-rendering: auto;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  transform: translate(0, 0);
   width: 20px;
 }
 .dirty-indicator-clean.pull-left {
@@ -8970,6 +8973,7 @@ ul#new-menu {
   text-rendering: auto;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  transform: translate(0, 0);
   content: "\f00c";
 }
 .dirty-indicator-clean:before.pull-left {
@@ -10671,6 +10675,10 @@ ul#help_menu li a i {
   text-align: center;
   width: auto;
 }
+.modal_indicator:before {
+  width: 1.28571429em;
+  text-align: center;
+}
 .edit_mode .modal_indicator:before {
   display: inline-block;
   font: normal normal normal 14px/1 FontAwesome;