Re: High-res Customize icons

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:06:35 -0400
> 
> > It's simply wrong to use fonts for these matters.  I very much hope
> > that we don't go down this road.  FWIW.
> 
> Using fonts for those things has problems, yes.  Using images has
> problems as well.
> 
> I'm not sure which is more wrong, and I think it very much depends on
> the specific use cases.

We are talking about specific use cases, not in general.

> And I think the boundary between the two is likely to move over
> time, seeing how Unicode is integrating ever more icons under the
> name "emoji".

I think showing arbitrary images by displaying a special codepoint
will always be worse than just displaying images.  Especially so when
PU codepoints are used for those purposes.