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I think the issue is less about philosophy and more about technology. SVG icons are better than icon fonts in pretty much every way. The only example I can thi
by epicide 9y ago
I think the issue is less about philosophy and more about technology.
SVG icons are better than icon fonts in pretty much every way. The only example I can think of where an SVG could be considered worse is if the icon is particularly complex. Even then, the only thing that is worse is file size. At that point, a PNG is probably better, anyway.
- matthewmacleod 9y agoDon't get me wrong, SVG is better now, though sometimes I fall back to using an icon font because it's still a bit more straightforward. We'll get there, though.
- etatoby 9y agoNo, SVG is not better than a font for monochromatic icons and never will be. The amount of optimization that went into font technology and algorithms, all the way from the binary file to the graphics card, can never compare with an XML-based file format.
- epicide 9y agoThere are more benefits to be had than time for a browser to render an image.