feat(mat-icon): Make mat-icon use svgIcon by default

[angelaki]

Feature Description

I'm trying to get rid of the mat icon font since I prefer using only svg graphics. I replaced all the <mat-icon>icon</mat-icon> with <mat-icon svgIcon="icon"></mat-icon> and loaded the material icons as svg.

So far, so good. The problem now is that components using mat-icon internal (e.g. mat-stepper) display the text instead of the icon (since the font is not loaded).

One solution would be to make mat-icon use svgIcon by default. Are there any other possibilities?

Use Case

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[crisbeto]

I think the solution might be not to use mat-icon in other components at all. It seems like the only place where we actually do it is in mat-stepper.

[angelaki]

Ah, ok! Actually haven't checked it! Just saw it and thought: Oh ... Ok ... maybe it is used elsewhere ... But anyway - how do you like the idea? Maybe configurable via InjectionToken?

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