Comments on: Using SVG Icons https://paulrandall.com/2012/03/11/using-svg-icons/ Experimenting for a living. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: How to make icons for the Web | We Are Cube. https://paulrandall.com/2012/03/11/using-svg-icons/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:48:29 +0000 http://prandall.com/?p=573#comment-2197 […] are different ways to manage icons in webdesign: with svg files, or with an icon font. Here we choose to make it simple and classic, with some “time […]

]]> By: Paul https://paulrandall.com/2012/03/11/using-svg-icons/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:41:05 +0000 http://prandall.com/?p=573#comment-977 Thanks for the comment David. I found it to be an exciting technology to look into (6 years on) and look forward to the results people find when they experiment with it.

]]> By: David Bushell https://paulrandall.com/2012/03/11/using-svg-icons/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:32:02 +0000 http://prandall.com/?p=573#comment-976 Great work Paul, awesome to see you coded ‘em by hand!

I just posted a little follow-up to my Smashing Mag article on my blog to introduce a few issues/bugs in certain browsers: http://dbushell.com/2012/03/11/svg-all-fun-and-games/

I tend to export from Adobe Illustrator as a starting point but I have a feeling it likes to generate excess data. I wonder how many bytes could be saved through automated or manual optimisation? Either way, understanding the actual XML inside goes a long to appreciating the potential of SVG. Look forward to seeing more!

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