Title: CSS parse error on genericons
Last modified: October 3, 2018

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# CSS parse error on genericons

 *  Resolved [usrnm11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrnm11/)
 * (@usrnm11)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/)
 * Hi there, When I try to validate mys web I get CSS parse error that returns this
   line myweb/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/genericons/genericons/./Genericons.
   eot#0″embedded-opentype” and I have no idea what to do. So far I’ve commented
   the only line I found “embedded-opentype” on jetpack/_inc/genericons/genericons/
   genericons.css but nothing happen. Can you please help me with this issue?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcss-parse-error-on-genericons%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [usrnm11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrnm11/)
 * (@usrnm11)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10755929)
 * Is there a way, at least, to turn off the use of these genericons and not break
   the site?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Richard Archambault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardmtl/)
 * (@richardmtl)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10771621)
 * Hi!
 * Where are you validating the site to get this error? I’d like to see the exact
   error for myself.
 * Also, note that failing validation for things like this isn’t always a big deal;
   some validation tools are super-strict and don’t allow for experimental things
   which have yet to be made officially part of the CSS guidelines.
 *  [wpusrnm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpusrnm/)
 * (@wpusrnm)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10771808)
 * Hi [@richardmtl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardmtl/)
    here`s the
   validator I use: [https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/](https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/)
   Thank you!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Richard Archambault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardmtl/)
 * (@richardmtl)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10774825)
 * Ok, I see the error too. I think it might be caused by the CSS minification plugin
   you have installed, Fast Velocity Minify. I think it’s causing some concatenation
   that the validator isn’t liking.
 * But my question to you is, so what? What problem are you trying to solve? Is 
   anything on your site not appearing as expected? If there is no actual problem,
   then in my opinion, you don’t have to worry about passing the validation.
 *  [wpusrnm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpusrnm/)
 * (@wpusrnm)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10782238)
 * no it’s not an actual problem, but as you might know google prefers valid CSS:
   [https://www.hobo-web.co.uk/official-google-prefers-valid-html-css/](https://www.hobo-web.co.uk/official-google-prefers-valid-html-css/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10786064)
 * Please file this at [https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues)
   so you can get credit for the report, or we can file it for you if you’d like.
 * The good news here is that Google doesn’t actually run your site through any 
   validators. Valid code ensures there are no blockers so that the bot can effectively
   crawl your site, and this particular instance would not be a blocker since search
   bots don’t download webfonts (like Genericons).
 *  Thread Starter [usrnm11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrnm11/)
 * (@usrnm11)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10786529)
 * [@macmanx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) [@richardmtl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardmtl/)
   thanks for your time guys! James, I don’t care about the credit, thank you anyway
   🙂
    best regards!

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-parse-error-on-genericons/#post-10786529)
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