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Re:The Era of Symbol Fonts by tiredoffps on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @11:50AM (#5362572)
agreed. I don't know why so many UI Designers do this. It's terrible UX to require a hover over to read a label.

It's best to do both, an Icon and a label. Street signs got it right 30+ years ago.

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Re:The Era of Symbol Fonts by cema on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @12:11PM (#5362742)
Aha, but not the European (International) street signs!
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