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brianfryer
on Oct 1, 2013
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Why have SVG images not yet replaced PNG on the we...
If you're going to use SVGs, might as well make a font out of it. Otherwise, PNG is the way to go to guarantee uniform display.
illicium
on Oct 1, 2013
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Icon fonts are a horrible hack that's only in use because SVG support in browsers has frankly been terrible so far. Plus, you can only use them for single-color shapes.
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