FortAwesome/Font-Awesome — Issue #45: A notice on overcrowding
Author: Anahkiasen
Created: 2012-03-08 08:56:20+00:00
State: open

A lot of the issues that have been submited recently have been on adding more and more icons on various subjects and themes that range from the common use to the far fetched personal need.

I think we all need to remember that this font was - in my mind - designed first as a tool for web design, to replace sprite icons. It was based on the Bootstrap project and thus it's not made for use out of that context. For needs other than web, vectors and various formats have always been there and I think FontAwesome should not deviate from what it was originally intended for : providing common use icons for the everyday webdesigner.
That's why I think a lot of the the icons request made this far don't fit the bill ; if it's not part of a global and recurring *need*, even it may be added, I don't think it should get priority over icons intended for UI and ergonomy.