title: Icon fonts vs images
body: <p>My manager tells me not to use icon fonts on our websites, as it is another http request plus the extra kBs to download. Also because I would have to use <code>content before</code> for the font (I can't change the html), he prefers background images so it works in IE7.</p>
  
  <p>Personally I love the little things, so nice and crisp and resizeable!</p>
  
  <p>I get it if we only use a couple of icons on a website but if I would use, say 5 icons on a site - what do you guys think? Is it worth using an icon font or is he right thinking that it is not?</p>
  
  <p>I am just a sucker for anything new and exciting, and this year it is the retina display.</p>