A bit fed up with the speed in which the font-awesome fonts are updated (not that I blame Dave, he probably has a day-job too) I decided that things could be done differently. Font-awesome is currently, when it comes down to the design of the icons itself, a one man effort. I just think a good iconset could be community driven, where any number of designers can add useful icons to the set. Curated and supervised perhaps, but just let's see what happens.
I am currently looking into setting up a github repository which could cater such a community. You are now looking at that setup, which is a work in progress. In order for this project to succeed it should be possible to go from design to @font-face embed in one simple workflow. So let's set up that workflow, right here!
If you are interested in participating in any part of this project, let me know! Send me a message. Fork the project, send me pull requests... Let's start this community right now, right here!
Best Regards,
Remy Blom
Nice article on the web that uses only free software from design to @font-face embed:
How to make your own icon webfont