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Tsutomu Kawamura
April 25, 2013
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Why not DIY Symbol Fonts?
No more CSS Sprites!
Tsutomu Kawamura
April 25, 2013
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No more CSS Sprites! Why not DIY Symbol Fonts?
Tsutomu Kawamura facebook.com/cognitom
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TTF EOT WOFF SVG IE 4 ✔ IE 9 ✔
✔ FireFox 3.5 ✔ FireFox 3.6 ✔ ✔ Safari 3.1 ✔ ✔ Safari 5.1 ✔ ✔ ✔ Chrome 4 ✔ ✔ Chrome 6 ✔ ✔ ✔ iOS 4.0 ✔ iOS 4.2 ✔ ✔ iOS 5.1 ✔ ✔ ✔ Android 2.2 ✔ Android 3.1 ✔ ✔ Android current ✔ ✔ ✔ #SPXTFS 4VQQPSUT
icon fonts met web.
@font-face { font-family: 'Symbols'; src: url('Symbols.ttf') format('truetype'); } <span
class=”symbol-good”></span> <span class=”symbol”>good</span> <i class=”symbol-good”></i> FY FY FY
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Octicons Font Awesome
send him an iMac
http://symbolset.com http://icomoon.io http://kudakurage.com/ligature_symbols/
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Responsive Web Design Mobile Support / Retina Flat Design Trend
2012 2011 2013 Font DIY
FontAwesome, ...etc. Need some extra original icon FontAwesome + Extra
PNG Icon Double standards DIY Fonts Why not DIY?
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FontForge was great, but...
Glyphs mini ¥3,900
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