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Somewhat surprisingly, I've normally found this view to be more common with US based folks. I personally prefer icon fonts for a large swath of reasons, but other folks prefer SVG. So we're making both. :)

github found that SVG is better:

https://github.com/blog/2112-delivering-octicons-with-svg

Version 5 is going to include a full SVG framework.

For Pro only.

I'm perfectly willing to pay for Pro, the problem is that my project is open-source so I can't use the paid version.

They reached the $1mil stretch goal, so the SVG stuff is coming for the free version as well now.

You can indeed! Font Awesome Pro CDN will be free for open source projects. :)

Why is that?

A variety of reasons:

https://css-tricks.com/icon-fonts-vs-svg/

I've always thought this article was reasonable: https://benfrain.com/seriously-use-icon-fonts/