[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4973: Dashicons changelog

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#4973: Dashicons changelog
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Developer Hub   |  Resolution:
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Comment (by Joen):

 Ah sure, of course! I just wanted to clarify that if an icon is missing,
 or if it moved address in the font file, this is a bug that's important to
 surface.

 Back in the day, the icon font was built manually. Then we moved to grunt-
 webfont, to automate this. This takes a folder of SVGs and assigns them to
 unicode address. Part of this switch involved a lot of manual labor of
 converting existing unicode points from the manually created font into
 codepoints in a json file. This json file ensures that as grunt-webfont
 does it work, not only does it assign specific SVGs to the same specific
 codepoints they were attached to in the manually built font, but also
 ensures that when newer icons are added, the old addresses aren't
 overwritten.

 That's a lot of technical info, but I share it to note that because this
 process was manual, it is possible there was human error, and if we find
 an icon in a specific adress in the old version of the font that has moved
 places or been deleted in the new version, it's easy and important to fix
 this, so definitely ping me if you encounter that stuff.

 Thanks a lot for all the help.

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