Font Icons

Why Icon Fonts are Awesome

We’ve been using icon fonts for our projects instead of graphical icons for years. There are several advantages to using icon fonts.

  1. Scale them with CSS
  2. Color them with CSS
  3. Add shadows with CSS
  4. Change opacity with CSS
  5. Rotate or animate with CSS
  6. Basically make any changes without opening Photoshop and editing a sprite
  7. They automatically scale for retina displays

See for yourself. Chris Coyier put together a fantastic tool help you see how awesome icon fonts are.