: Should I create font icons or use images? I applied for a frontend web developer job. They sent me PSD files and told me to create a one page website and send to them for review. On this

@Berryessa866

They told me not to use Fontello or similar font icons because they are not used in design.


There's your answer. They specifically told you not to use font icons—so don't use font icons.


...or should I create font icons out of these in Illustrator?


You can't just create a font in Illustrator. You export your vectors from Illustrator and either use a service such as Fontello or you use a font editor to create the font. I believe there are plugins for Illustrator that allow you to export fonts, but it's not something that you can do with Illustrator alone and it's not a simple process.

Creating icon fonts out of large icon sets is great, but the amount of effort it takes means it is unlikely to be worth it for 4 or 5 icons.

Export your icons as transparent PNGs or possibly SVGs.

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