%ico-font-base {
  font-family: $icon_font_alpha;
  speak: none;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

@each $icon in $icons {              // <-- create listing of PUA pseudo selectors
  %icon-#{nth($icon, 1)}:before {
    @extend %ico-font-base;
    content: nth($icon, 2);
    margin-right: 0.25em
  }
}

@each $icon in $icons {              // <-- create listing of PUA pseudo selectors
  %icon-#{nth($icon, 1)}-after:after {
    @extend %ico-font-base;
    content: nth($icon, 2);
  }
}