Ask HN: Do you use a custom icon font library or a service like Font Awesome?

6 pointsilangorajagopal7y ago3 comments

If you use a custom icon font library, how do you keep it up to date as you add new icons?

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Use SVG instead? I'm not sure why you'd want to use an icon font anymore.

Isn't it easier? All of the required icons are in one place, it requires far lesser number of requests especially if you use a lot of icons in your application.

I understand why SVG is better if you use only a few icons or you need multiple colors etc.

seanwilson7y ago

Number of requests don't really matter anymore with HTTP2 which also means you only need to include the SVG images you actually use of each page. You can use SVG sprite sheets if you really want them in a single file.

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Ask HN: Do you use a custom icon font library or a service like Font Awesome?

6 pointsilangorajagopal7y ago3 comments

If you use a custom icon font library, how do you keep it up to date as you add new icons?

3 comments

seanwilson7y ago

Use SVG instead? I'm not sure why you'd want to use an icon font anymore.

ilangorajagopalOP7y ago

Isn't it easier? All of the required icons are in one place, it requires far lesser number of requests especially if you use a lot of icons in your application.

I understand why SVG is better if you use only a few icons or you need multiple colors etc.

seanwilson7y ago

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