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Re:A few HTML tips by iza on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @11:11AM (#12352603)
GitHub recently switched to SVG and claimed the opposite: https://github.com/blog/2112-delivering-octicons-with-svg

Was their font just poorly designed?

Re:A few HTML tips by amelius on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @11:48AM (#12352877)
That could be the case. Also, it may depend on the particular browser they used.