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In bootstrap 3 we have font, using that we can able to use glyph icons but in bootstrap 4 there were no font and glyph icons can't be used. I want to know is why they took glyph icon and the replacement for the glyph icon in bootstrap 4

Cœur
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    Possible duplicate of [Bootstrap 4 - Glyphicons migration?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32612690/bootstrap-4-glyphicons-migration) – core114 Dec 15 '17 at 09:27

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There's a question about this on the Bootstrap repo. Quote:

While icon fonts in general do have some issues, I don't recall that being the primary consideration for dropping them. The more pressing concern was that (A) some folks don't need/want icons (B) many folks were using other icon fonts (such as Font Awesome); for folks in these circumstances, Bootstrap including its own icon font led to unnecessary bloat. Plus, dedicated icon font projects could do a better job than us.

I'd recommend using Font Awesome for icons, as:

  • it has almost 700 icons (v 4.7.0)
  • it has good docs
  • it is actively developed
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