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By Abhishek Ghosh February 25, 2014 6:40 am Updated on February 25, 2014

Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons

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Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons – Here is How to Change Any Type of Images to Icon Font and Use With CSS. Base64 Encoding Can Result in Faster WebPage Loading. Keep in mind – We are NOT talking about Unicode icons like ? , ? etc. You can read about them here :

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http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/OSX/unicode_apple_logo.html

Obviously you can create your own Unicode Icons too. Basically, we are not talking about Unicode Icons but only Icon Font, We Will Describe How to Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons – Because, we need to use them on web and they should look exact on all browsers. Actually we talked about Icon-Font and Using with WordPress before. Kindly open the Link and at least spend few minutes on that webpage, else you might be unable to understand many things.

 

Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons : Understanding the Workflow

 

Practically, if you head towards this type of website :

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http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2013/04/how-to-turn-your-icons-into-a-web-font/

You will get the detailed, laborious article (does not mean the article is bad) on how to create your own icon font. Actually, if you follow the way of thought of many peoples, your own way of thought or creativity, will get fully destroyed.

So, In order to Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons, You Need Understanding of the Workflow Which We Will Suggest You and You Can Modify As Per Need.

  1. You Need to Change Only Few Icons to Icon Fonts, Common Ones Are Available
  2. Only Few Type of Icons Are Suitable to Use as Icon Font
  3. Point 1 & 2 constitutes the selection process
  4. Need an easy, free tool to convert to Icon Font
  5. Change the Icon Font to Base64 Data URI, if possible
  6. Practically implement them for WordPress as most uses WordPress
  7. Point 4 to 6 are implementation and deployment. Obviously, you might need some optimization.
Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons

 

Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons : Really Doing it

 

We already know about Icon-Font and Using with WordPress and Base64 Encoding and Font CSS. Please read the Related Posts of the Articles to get more idea – we are deliberately avoiding both writing more and linking more.

So, practically we need a free tool to convert to Icon Font. Here are lot of self hosted free softwares for various situations :

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https://github.com/fontello

Practical Fact – Most of us are not Designers and Do NOT need a pro grade software like Glyphs. We frankly need to convert some images to icon font, practically convert it to your own Set; you can use the tools from the above link or use this one :

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https://github.com/FontCustom/fontcustom/

Practical usage example can be Using Custom Social Sharing Buttons For WordPress With Sharrre.

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About Abhishek Ghosh

Abhishek Ghosh is a Businessman, Surgeon, Author and Blogger. You can keep touch with him on Twitter - @AbhishekCTRL.

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Create Own Icon Font From Image Icons," in The Customize Windows, February 25, 2014, January 31, 2023, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2014/02/create-own-icon-font-from-image-icons/.

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