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› May 9, 2002
Call for Open Source Icons
Brent Simmons is making a call for open source icons. This brings to mind qbullets (not open source), which sparked our own micro icons (open source but only 3) and also michael angeles mini icons (14 of em!). While it's nice to remember these, I suppose it's a bit different than what Brent is asking for, which I believe is true out and out ico files? Maybe any bitmap will work. One of the benifits of not distributing icons open source (as in the qbullets) is that you can dictate consistent usage. Perhaps if a site was setup with categories for various icon types (file, exit, open) and icon designers could submit their icon works individually based on intended use and then group them by theme... Let's think how we can help the need, it sounds like it could be fun.
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1. May 9, 2002 12:34 AM
2. May 9, 2002 12:45 AM
evan Posted…
It seems to me like there are thousands of icons ready to be used in an Open Source matter; one can just dive into any Linux install and GPL away, that is, if the icons used in and associated with Open Sourced products are free for the using as well...3. May 9, 2002 12:53 AM
Nate Posted…
Ah, good point. Perhaps a site that cracks open all those icons and provides them for use in an organized manner is the answer?4. May 13, 2002 03:14 PM
j.ohn Posted…
I stumbled on a ‘free icons’ site run by Jeffrey Zeldman when looking for my own icons... Pardon My Icons5. December 12, 2002 11:23 AM
bradley askew Posted…
I did some microicons a while back if any one is interested I’ll source them out.6. January 17, 2005 11:26 AM
Posted…
Are michael angeles mini icons still availiable?
Im looking for some icons such as Warning, Error, Email, Information etc... Warning and Error being important to use in my Degree Final Year Project.
7. January 17, 2005 11:26 AM
Henry Armitage Posted…
Are michael angeles mini icons still availiable?
Im looking for some icons such as Warning, Error, Email, Information etc... Warning and Error being important to use in my Degree Final Year Project.
Nate Posted…
Making real icon files requires some tools. I’m not sure how helpful plain ‘ol bitmaps are.