Creating pure css icons, without using fonts or svg or images.

http://nicolasgallagher.com/pure-css-gui-icons/

Holey cow, these icons are created with just CSS, no fonts, no svg, no images not nothing, just the magic of CSS en pseudo elements.

To see this in live action go to: http://nicolasgallagher.com/pure-css-gui-icons/demo/

Press F12 and be amazed:

How to use pseudo elements in css:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/13/learning-to-use-the-before-and-after-pseudo-elements-in-css/