icon font

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icon font is a technique for embedding vector graphics in HTML, using custom font files.

Criticism

SVG is a highly recommended instead of icon fonts. Here is a reasoned explanation why. If one insists on using fonts for icons - there are reasons for that as well, such as being easy to embed in text -, they should at least have meaningful Unicode mappings to provide fallback.

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