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by silvestrov 1703 days ago
It such a shame that Safari does not support SVG favicons. It's the only major browser which doesn't: https://caniuse.com/link-icon-svg

All current browsers support PNG.
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amelius 1703 days ago
Don't hold your breath. Safari is the new IE6.
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est 1703 days ago
Its such a shame that PNG does not support packing multiple dimensions into one file like .ico formats actually do.
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kevin_thibedeau 1703 days ago
It can be done with MNG. There just has never been a tooling ecosystem that supports it for non-animated applications.
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mixmastamyk 1703 days ago
Will it look good on a browser tab? Seems like the res would be too low.
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deathanatos 1703 days ago
It's a vector graphic; its resolution is whatever you render it at. "S" as in, "Scalable".

Sure, there is some nuance in that you wouldn't want some fine detail to get lost at the displayed size, but presumably you know you're making a favicon when you do so.

Or, you're the NFL & you're going to supply a 4 megapixel image IDK.

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account42 1703 days ago
> Sure, there is some nuance in that you wouldn't want some fine detail to get lost at the displayed size, but presumably you know you're making a favicon when you do so.

On the other hand, SVG is really not designed for the fine pixel control you want to make the icon look good at smaller sizes as it does not have the equivalent of font hinting.

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mixmastamyk 1702 days ago
Not at very low resolutions, <= 32 px. See sibling comment.
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