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I'm a big fan of icon fonts. I've been using FontAwesome.

FYI, though, the plan for jQuery Mobile 1.4 is to start using SVG icons. I'm not sure I agree with this decision. I assume they will still be able to use bitmap fonts as a fallback.

SVG does have the advantage of being able to have multiple colors in the icons. (With icon fonts, you can easily change the color of icons, but each icon is a single color.)

Note that TTF and EOT are not enough to cover all iOS version. You should have SVG, as well, for iOS 4.

The "hand" icons look pretty bizarre, and I notice several icons that are registered trademarks (for example, Apple logo).

The set is quite large, though. Should make Canadians happy, what with the "Curling" icon, eh?

we could easily provide SVG versions of the icons should jQuery developers ask for it.

Really not a jQuery issue. Mobile Safari (and webview) on iOS 4 simply does not support any webfont format other than SVG.

I'd have concerns about copyright. I don't know where these icons came from, and many of them look quite familiar. (i.e. look the same as FontAwesome). If some of these come from other open-license fonts, then proper attribution is probably required (depending on the specific license of where they came from.)

I suppose there are only so many possible representations of simple shapes, but this and the trademark logos raise red flags, and some of these shapes aren't so simple. For example, the "road" icon.

FontAwesome does have trademark logos for various social networking sites, though. It would be up to users to make sure they have the right to use these and are using them in accordance with the licensing requirements of each site.

I'd be concerned about using a font containing that "Apple" logo, though. The mere presence of this in the font could lead to outright rejection of an App Store app, because Apple does not permit developers to use this logo in an app under any circumstance. (They have specific rules, for example you can use their "Available in the App Store" graphic on your website.)

With FontAwesome, we have reasonable assurance they were all done from scratch by a single designer (at least initially, but then they have accepted contributions.)

I realize I'm being a bit picky about this, but this is a major concern for any developer using a resource such as this. Developers don't like to expose themselves to unknown liabilities.

I don't know how I could prove this to you, but all our icons were done by us completely from scratch.

You should add a statement to that effect, then. Just pointing-out what will be of concern to developers.

We may remove it altogether, but we need to be absolutely sure Apple is against us drawing a bitten apple.

That bitten apple is Apple's most closely guarded trademark. I wouldn't dare embed that logo in any App. Period. Ditto with any trademarked logo of any company. But especially not one from a company with such deep pockets and such good lawyers.

If it appears as part of a graphic that Apple has given specific permission for use by developers, that is fine, of course.

FWIW, any app will be rejected simply for using the font "Myriad Pro", because that is the font used in Apple's marketing material, and they consider it part of their unique trade dress. If your app uses that font, Apple considers that you are confusing the public as to the source of your app. (Somebody might think it is an Apple app.)

Apple doens't mess around.

I'm not even sure how to get these to work in my JQM project. There is no bootstrap.css in your download. Do I need that?

The docs say bootstrap isn't needed.

You would use them in a JQM project exactly as the documentation shows.

You can't use these as-is as a replacement for jQuery Mobile icons. (e.g. on buttons, in listviews, etc.) though it would be possible to develop some CSS to make that possible. (Similar to jqery.mobile.icon-pack)