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What little I know on the topic comes from Seren Davies talk "Death to icon fonts" from EpicFEL 2015 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXBYcWgCHA https://www.
by eesmith 5y ago
What little I know on the topic comes from Seren Davies talk "Death to icon fonts" from EpicFEL 2015 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXBYcWgCHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXBYcWgCHA .
She points out a few failure cases with icon fonts, like 1) uninterpretable by screen readers for the blind, and 2) don't work well for dyslexic people who have configured their browser to use specialized fonts that are easier to read.
How do you handle these cases?
- j16sdiz 5y agoAwesome font have a section on accessibility https://fontawesome.com/v5.15/how-to-use/on-the-web/other-topics/accessibility https://fontawesome.com/v5.15/how-to-use/on-the-web/other-to...
- eesmith 5y agoThanks! I see it's doable, with about the same effort as using SVGs.
- noduerme 5y agoThe great part is that unlike SVGs you don't need to include specific image files for each one, or worry about updating those files across lots of systems. Just update the font. Client wants to use their icons in their printed pieces? Just give them that font rather than a whole bunch of files. Include the font with articles for print, and the printer can outline all the graphics. Tl;dr, fonts are just a fantastic way to bundle lots of vector files on a per-client basis. Plus most clients feel super special and cool that they have their own font! And the tech we use is old. Old. We maintain these in FontForge, which is a Mac X11 app.