> And what's the point of sticking a handful of icons into a downloadable font rather than just downloading a few images? Some reasons: * They are scalable ve

> And what's the point of sticking a handful of icons into a downloadable font rather than just downloading a few images? Some reasons: * They are scalable vector images without the download bloat and processing load of rendering them with SVG. * Raster icons need to closely match the screen DPI or they look awful - eg Retina displays made raster icons look like blocky pixellated afterthoughts. * They inherit colors, sizes etc from CSS the same way as their surrounding elements.