Articles Tagged sass maps

One of my favorite ways of adding icons to a site is by including them as data URL background images to pseudo-elements (e.g. ::after) in my CSS. This technique offers several advantages:

• They don't require any additional HTTP requests other than the CSS file.
• Using the background-size property, you can set your pseudo-element to any size you need without worrying that they will overflow the boundaries (or get chopped off).
• They are ignored by screen readers (at least in