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54mf on May 9, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Say hello to Octicons

All the icons lie in private use areas, specifically to avoid abuse.

TazeTSchnitzel on May 9, 2012 [–]

Abuse?

chc on May 9, 2012 | [–]

As stated by the grandparent:

> Unicode code points do have names and standardized meanings, so it's not a good idea to abuse them

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