WHY I DON'T USE ICON FONTS IN FIGMA

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Icon fonts in Figma require a cumbersome 7-step process that involves leaving the application to browse icons on external websites and copying tiny renderings. Users must memorize exact icon names without visual previews, creating a poor experience compared to SVG components with fuzzy search and instance-swapping capabilities. Icon fonts also make comparing different glyphs tedious since icons can't be easily placed side by side for visual comparison.