Death to Icon Fonts - Speaker Deck

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Death to Icon Fonts @ninjanails! LWS, June 2015 https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/miniﬁg/3186925111/

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1 in 10 are Dyslexic

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Flatulent clams

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Flatulent clams

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Flatulent clams Fraudulent claims

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http://www.cafepress.co.uk/mf/94227980/keep-clam-and-stop-dyslexia_mugs

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jonathancohen/4084485753/

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Gill Sans rnm MW dpqb l1IijJ Verdana rnm MW dpqb l1IijJ OpenDyslexic rnm MW dpqb l1IijJ Times rnm MW dpqb l1IijJ Helvetica rnm MW dpqb l1IijJ

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But all too often I see:

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Let’s pick on GitHub…

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Let’s pick on GitHub…

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Let’s pick on GitHub…

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/3059349393/3801594313/ Some users may be hidden…

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People have different needs! https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/oskay/265899766/

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Screen Readers

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Favourite How would a screen reader read…

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Favourite “Favourite”

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Favourite “Black Star Favourite” or “Star Favourite”

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Favourite “Unpronounceable Favourite”

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http://unicode.johnholtripley.co.uk

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/nouqraz/308342941/ Are we forgetting some people?

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Opera Mini

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“… We don’t download fonts; icons are what SVG is for.”! Bruce Lawson, Opera https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/zeldman/14064254462/

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“This doesn’t just beneﬁt Opera Mini users; many people with mild dyslexia have a special system font to aid legibility, which breaks icon fonts.”! Bruce Lawson, Opera https://dev.opera.com/articles/making-sites-work-opera-mini/

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Opera Mini has 350M+ users (And then there’s Nokia Xpress, Blackberry 4 & 5, Android 2.1, Windows 7)

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/subharnab/2721507697/ And then there’s you…

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https://goo.gl/EpsOu8

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https://speakerdeck.com/zachleat/remodeling-at-font-face

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Why do we use Icon Fonts?

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Does everything a normal font can!

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a a a ! ! ! They’re scalable

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a a a ! ! ! They can be styled

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/a_funk/3482647938/ Reduces number of HTTP requests

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dajdavies/9479980440/in/photostream/ Is there a better alternative?

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https://www.google.com/design/icons/ SVG

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https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/anjan58/7272291392/ Accessibility

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! ! Green Triangle! ! A light green triangle with a dark green border.! ! ! !

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! ! Green Triangle! ! A light green triangle with a dark green border.! ! ! !

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https://www.ﬁlamentgroup.com/lab/grumpicon-workﬂow.html Scalable

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Multi coloured! By Peepo (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Can be animated http://codepen.io/kyleHenwood/full/Alayb/

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Retina https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/benm_at/8857900520/

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Right way of doing it

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http://caniuse.com/#search=svg Supported in modern browsers

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“Icon font perf in Chrome is ~5x SVG atm”! Addy Osmani, Google https://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/see_also/15049247418/

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Context!

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Menu Menu

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