They don't mention this on the page, but this is an icon font (like FontAwesome). The zip includes CSS/SCSS referencing the ttf, svg, woff and eot files.
This is exciting news! When GitHub originally announced Octicons, many people on HN[2] wished that they were open for general use rather than just for GitHub.
On a more related note, how do you people feel about the 'ordered list' icon having more lines than numbers, and the 'podium' icon looking like a drinking fountain?
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1: https://github.com/blog/1851-octicons-for-everyone
This is exciting news! When GitHub originally announced Octicons, many people on HN[2] wished that they were open for general use rather than just for GitHub.
1: https://github.com/github/octicons/blob/master/LICENSE.txt 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3949489
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/0bd2c6fb5e42bfb5cacc
Step 1: Download SVG from https://github.com/github/octicons/tree/master/svg
Step 2: Use http://www.fileformat.info/convert/image/svg2raster.htm
Step 3: ...
Step 4: Profit!
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On a more related note, how do you people feel about the 'ordered list' icon having more lines than numbers, and the 'podium' icon looking like a drinking fountain?