For those who are curious, here’s how I’m solving this -
I’m editing the Font Awesome font files to only have the icons I want. This doesn’t mess with the core and while I will have a smaller list of icons available in X, I’ll also have a smaller file size.
Font Awesome files are stored on the server here: /wp-content/themes/pro/framework/fonts/font_awesome.
Tools:
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FontForge is a free font editor. Use it to edit the SVG files and save.
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Upload your smaller SGV file to transfonter to quickly convert it to all the different font types. Upload to your server and you’re done.