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Iconic fonts

The world wide web and images have always made awkward bed fellows. Images are added to the document and are supplemental to text which is the primary mode of communication. So if you want to add an icon you have a number of choices. An image via an html tag, a background via CSS and a typeface via loading an external font. This is where things get mirky.

2012-01-27 / 01:01

3 Comments

By Hayo
01/27/2012 02:24 PM
ie6, seriously? we're on the verge of stopping support for ie7 too.
By Egor Kloos
01/27/2012 03:47 PM
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Europe, Earth etc...
An icon font that will allow you to map to the private use area in Unicode: <a href="http://keyamoon.com/icomoon/">Icomoon</a>

It's not too shabby looking either. :)
By Egor Kloos
01/28/2012 05:33 PM
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Europe, Earth etc...
@Hayo
It depends on the client. Some are still stuck in IE6 and others have already moved to IE9. Intranets can be great or a pain.
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