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\newcommand{\WarningTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{#1}}}} \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines \providecommand{\tightlist}{% \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering \ifLuaTeX \usepackage[bidi=basic]{babel} \else \usepackage[bidi=default]{babel} \fi \babelprovide[main,import]{english} % get rid of language-specific shorthands (see #6817): \let\LanguageShortHands\languageshorthands \def\languageshorthands#1{} \ifLuaTeX \usepackage{selnolig} % disable illegal ligatures \fi \IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}} \IfFileExists{xurl.sty}{\usepackage{xurl}}{} % add URL line breaks if available \urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs \hypersetup{ pdftitle={(POST) Why I Removed Icons}, pdflang={en}, colorlinks=true, linkcolor=blue, filecolor=blue, urlcolor=blue, pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}} \title{Sufyaan's Website} \author{Sufyaan's Website} \date{} \begin{document} \maketitle \section[Why I Removed Icons]{Why I Removed Icons}\label{why-i-removed-icons} \textbf{28 October 2023} \textbf{Category: }Updates If you browsed my website recently, you would have noticed that I removed all icons. There are many reasons for this change. The TLDR is that my love for quirky icons spiraled into flaming anger whenever I had to align them properly. I will go into more detail in this post. \hypertarget{clutter}{% \subsection{Clutter}\label{clutter}} Icons cluttered my website. No matter how hard I tried, they never looked right on all devices at once. If it was working fine on desktop, it wasn\textquotesingle t on mobile and vice versa. This led to hours trying to adjust the size and position of each icon to make sure they looked good which they never did. \hypertarget{readability}{% \subsection{Readability}\label{readability}} The last point ties into this one. The removal of icons led to clear lists, text and headings. I did not expect the website to look this much better without icons. This makes the website look consistent. \hypertarget{easier}{% \subsection{Easier}\label{easier}} Removing icons makes my job a whole lot easier. I don\textquotesingle t have to worry about how an icon will look. I just copy-paste a folder and start typing away. \hypertarget{conclusion}{% \subsection{Conclusion}\label{conclusion}} To sum it up, I removed icons because they made my website look cluttered. Without them, my website is more readable and is easier for me to work on. \end{document}