[nothrabannosir]

I would love to do this but too many sites use web fonts to provide custom icons with crucial functionality. E.g. media playback controls or e-mail actions.

Without web fonts a lot of app style websites become a guessing game of which squiggly box does what. :/

Really, what Id like is an easy “functionality level switch”. Base level (default): article websites. minimal js, no mouse events, no keyboard events, no fonts, no css hover effects. Level 2: apps. Fonts, full css, more js, still some limitations. Level 3: full trust / compatibility mode.

If there’s any such plugin, I’m all ears. uMatrix is a step, but not exactly in the right direction.

[nicolaslem]

Font Awesome (a very popular icons library) started supporting SVG + JS as an alternative to CSS + webfont.

Not a perfect solution though as people blocking webfonts are likely to block JS as well.

[nothrabannosir]

This doesn't really help me as a web user, though. If I had the power to reeducate the entire world on how to make websites, I might have a few more items at the top of the list before font icons made the cut :P