Why self-hosted fonts or other files like fav.icon must be located in the /static folder?

Question

Why self-hosted fonts and also other files like the the fav.icon must be located in the /static folder, while other assets like images, are placed inside the /src folder?

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Answer 1

It is not necessary that the self-hosted fonts and the favicon must be located in the /static folder.
It will work even when it is located in another folder, if the ,mentioned, file directory is correct.

But modern browsers sends request for /favicon.ico for the webpages which do not include any favicon mentioned in the html. As: If webpage example.com/page does not have a favicon (directory/location) mentioned in its html, then the browser automatically sends request for example.com/favicon.ico for the favicon. For that case the favicon.ico file should be uploaded at the root directory.

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