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My understanding is that best-practice now is to use SVG instead of icon fonts.

• cantabrigienne 10y ago
  Version 5 is going to include a full SVG framework.
  • Zarel 10y ago
    For Pro only. I'm perfectly willing to pay for Pro, the problem is that my project is open-source so I can't use the paid version.
    • fortawesome 10y ago
      You can indeed! Font Awesome Pro CDN will be free for open source projects. :)
    • NoInkling 10y ago
      They reached the $1mil stretch goal, so the SVG stuff is coming for the free version as well now.
• Kiro 10y ago
  Why is that?
  • milesokeefe 10y ago
    A variety of reasons: https://css-tricks.com/icon-fonts-vs-svg/ https://css-tricks.com/icon-fonts-vs-svg/
    • fortawesome 10y ago
      I've always thought this article was reasonable: https://benfrain.com/seriously-use-icon-fonts/ https://benfrain.com/seriously-use-icon-fonts/
• fortawesome 10y ago
  Somewhat surprisingly, I've normally found this view to be more common with US based folks. I personally prefer icon fonts for a large swath of reasons, but other folks prefer SVG. So we're making both. :)
  • BuuQu9hu 10y ago
    github found that SVG is better: https://github.com/blog/2112-delivering-octicons-with-svg https://github.com/blog/2112-delivering-octicons-with-svg