When comparing Edge Web fonts vs Friconix, the Slant community recommends Friconix for most people. In the question“What are the best web font embedding services?” Friconix is ranked 2nd while Edge Web fonts is ranked 4th.
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Pros
Pro Free
Edge Web Fonts is a completely free service from Adobe.
Pro Fast and easy to use
Edge Web Fonts makes the process of adding their fonts simple. Similar to Google Web Fonts, after selecting the font it's just a matter of including the provided tag in the document.
Pro Large variety of icons
Pro Icons are nice
Pro Uniform style
Pro Customize your JS file
You can customize a JS file with only the icons you selected. Awesome, optimized and very fast !
Pro Add new icons on request
The Friconix guys add new icons when you request them. They are very reactive.
Pro Icons are free
Pro Font icons are homogeneous
Pro Very fast to load
You can create your custom small icon file.
Pro Documentation is clear
Documentation about icons is clear and easy to understand.
Cons
Con Not ideal for optimization
Just like Typekit, Edge web Fonts requires a script tag be included in the head of the document which increases the time it takes for a page to load.
Con Add link
When using icons in a paid application, a link to the Friconix website must be added.