How to correctly load SVG favicons
Written by Stefan Judis
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Here's a quick snippet I found on CSS Tricks for later use.
SVG favicons are almost cross-browser supported. Unfortunately, Safari is not ready yet, and that's why we still need to define an ico favicon. Use the sizes="any" attibute to avoid Chromium browsers loading both favicon files (ico and svg).
<!-- Avoid that Chromiums download ico and svg 👇 -->
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any">
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
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