Josh,
Both methods could be use together and choose one or another depending on de 
case, let´s say we use flat icons for tabs, we could create a font with all 
required icons, each icon will be linked to a letter or a css class.
But for settings we don´t need to use that font, and leave the css as is.

Arnau

On Mar 19, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Josh Carpenter <[email protected]>
 wrote:

> Is it possible to target individual characters for replacement by images? eg: 
> we utilize flat icons inside a font as much as possible (tabs, buttons, 
> settings etc) for exactly the good reasons cited, and when we inevitably need 
> fancier icons in specific places, we target the character for replacement 
> with a nice  PNG. That seems like it would also degrade gracefully.
>
> --
> Josh Carpenter (PTO March 19-26)
> Sent from mobile
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Kevin,
>> I´ve been doing some test with icon fonts, I think it´s the way we should go 
>> for future releases, not only for scalability, and easy to change colors via 
>> css which is great, but also because of icon maintenance. We have to rethink 
>> how to store icons in a shared folder, because every time an icon changes we 
>> need to check each app and replace whitin different folder structures.
>> The only limitation is how some icons are designed, for instance setting 
>> icons have a gradient color, a drop shadow and an inset shadow. Both the 
>> gradient and the inset shadow are not supported in css3.
>> But for other cases like headers and toolbar icons, which are in plain white 
>> color icon fonts works great.
>>
>> Arnau
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