Web fonts are pretty much all the rage. Using a CDN for font libraries, like TypeKit or Google Fonts, will be a great solution for many projects. For others, this is not an option. Especially when you are creating a custom icon library for your project. Rails and the asset pipeline are great tools, but Rails has yet to get caught up in the custom web font craze. As with all things Rails, there is
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