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		andun on Oct 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A guide to rhythm in web typography Unfortunately that is not a good option because many designers also use fonts for icons and they all display as squares.

discreditable on Oct 17, 2018 | [–]

I block fonts with uBlock and see this all the time. Usually the icons are pointless and I don't miss them. In bad cases I'll toggle fonts on and reload the page.

megous on Oct 17, 2018 | [–]

That's the reason they shouldn't abuse fonts to make icons, and use SVG instead, or at least use standard unicode symbols.

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