A font file where each 'letter' is actually an icon, so symbols can be sized and coloured with text styling. It is a technical way to ship many single-colour icons efficiently.
Synonyms
- symbol font
- webfont icons
Related terms
In plain words
- icons packaged as a font
- symbols you can style like text
Usage example
The older site used an icon font so developers could resize symbols with normal font-size rules.
Don't confuse with…
- svg iconAn icon font stores icons as font glyphs limited to one colour; an SVG icon is a standalone vector graphic that can carry multiple colours.
Categories
- Iconography