This is a technique I have personally admired for quite some time.
By using CSS sprites, you can save bandwith and improve your site loading speed by cutting down the total file size and http requests.
I know, I know — double rainbow — what does it mean!?!
Use one large graphic file to serve in multiple spots on a page, using CSS to fetch the right section of the graphic.
Here’s what it looks like:
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