[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