The OpenType font file (.otf) is even included so you can can drop it in your system fonts folder and use the font in Photoshop if you like.
The flexibility you get from being able to use CSS to change the way they look, like re-coloring all the icons with one simple rule, makes them superior to SVG for this use case. They also work in all modern browsers
Implementing graphics to any website will lead to an attractive and artistic website representing of the business online. Graphics includes appealing images, attractive icons, alluring animations, artistic fonts and much more.
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"Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a vector image format which began life back in 1998. It was always developed with the web in mind, but only now has the web actually started to catch up. There's no denying its relevance today, so let's have a look at the basics of taking SVG from Illustrator to the web browser."