How much do custom fonts affect an app size?

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  • fonttools

    A library to manipulate font files from Python.

    • A drawback to icon fonts is that by default, you are carrying all of the glyphs in an icon font along for the ride. You can mitigate that by using a tool like fonttools to strip out the unused font glyphs.

  • MaterialDesign

    ✒7000+ Material Design Icons from the Community

    • If you are using an icon font like FontAwesome or MaterialDesignIcons, you get a nice source of vector clip art for buttons or other UI elements. If you are doing cross-platform app development, icon fonts can be used on each platform.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • Font-Awesome

    The iconic SVG, font, and CSS toolkit

    • If you are using an icon font like FontAwesome or MaterialDesignIcons, you get a nice source of vector clip art for buttons or other UI elements. If you are doing cross-platform app development, icon fonts can be used on each platform.

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