I have to admit that I'm often sad when I read “Font Awesome” in the code of projects I'm auditing for performance. A fairly heavy font is often loaded to display a few icons, whereas we've known for a long time that SVG is generally more suitable.
But the arrival of Web Awesome, and my enduring admiration for @zachleat and @leaverou (and their creations) means that their arrival at Font Awesome may…