Show number of notifications on icon

Question

I have a notification icon (font-awesome) which shows the number of notifications.

I am having a problem trying to get the number to display in the correct position, as shown in see below image

I need the text to be smaller and move right and up a little... here is the code

.header .bubble {
  border-radius: 100%;
  height: 14px;
  width: 14px;
  background-color: rgba(226, 32, 91, 0.77);
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: top;
  position: relative;
  top: 0px;
  float: right;
  right: -3px;
}

 <a href="javascript:;" id="notification-center" class="icon-set globe-fill" data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="bubble">2</span>

Can anyone help, I am new to this.

Ellary

Why do the header and bubble have same css properties? You should separete this making header relative and your number absolute within the relative – Lenette

They don't have the same properties. .header .bubble.. not .header, .bubble.. – Enliven

Can you please make a fiddle ? Or at least give us your markup – Theophrastus

jsfiddle.net/q84ydjr0 – Ellary

Answer 1

example1: using background image

The best way to do this is to use position:absolute to child span of parent anchor.

a.notif {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  background: url('http://i.imgur.com/evpC48G.png');
  background-size: contain;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.num {
  position: absolute;
  right: 11px;
  top: 6px;
  color: #fff;
}

<a href="" class="notif"><span class="num">2</span></a>

example2: using font awesome icon

If you want to use font-awesome icon

this is code for it

a.fa-globe {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 2em;
  color: grey;
  cursor: pointer;
}
span.fa-comment {
  position: absolute;
  font-size: 0.6em;
  top: -4px;
  color: red;
  right: -4px;
}
span.num {
  position: absolute;
  font-size: 0.3em;
  top: 1px;
  color: #fff;
  right: 2px;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<a class="fa fa-globe">
  <span class="fa fa-comment"></span>
  <span class="num">2</span>
</a>

Hachmann

This is perfect! Thank you, how would I change the image to an icon? (<i class="fa fa-globe"></i>) – Ellary

you can apply position relative to that icon and do this same – Hachmann

And how do I make the red text box wider? – Ellary

wait making solution of for your icon – Hachmann