icons

[Hess, M. Ryan]

Thanks Dan and Roy. I think we’ll use Fontello and/or Noun Project to augment Glyphicons and generate a set we can turn to. If we get a good font put together, I’ll share it with the community.

Cheers!
M Ryan Hess
Web Services Coordinator
DePaul University
JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614
office: 773-325-7829 | cell:  650-224-7279 |  fax: 773-325-2297  | mhess8 at depaul.edu<https://outlook.depaul.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>

On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Degler, Roy <roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU<mailto:roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU>> wrote:

Yes, there is a site that  comes very  close to being the bee knees.  See http://fontello.com<http://fontello.com/>

This site lets you build a custom web font from multiple sets including font awesome, typicons, entypo, and many other open source web font icons.

For graphic based icons try thenounproject.com<http://thenounproject.com/>.  This a combination of free and paid svg files.


Roy Degler

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Democritus

On Jan 14, 2014, at 4:33 PM, "Lawrence, Dan" <Lawrence_D at CDE.STATE.CO.US<mailto:Lawrence_D at CDE.STATE.CO.US>> wrote:

And I should have said that an icon set is one image.  And have had no problem recoloring based on available formats.

Dan Lawrence | Director, Networking and Resource Sharing |  State Library |  Colorado Department of Education | 201 E. Colfax Ave., Room 309, Denver, CO  80203| tel 303.866.6907 | cell 720.484.1936 | Lawrence_D at cde.state.co.us<mailto:Lawrence_D at cde.state.co.us> |ColoradoStateLibrary.org<http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/> |

From: Lawrence, Dan
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 3:21 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
Subject: RE: icons

No bees knees answer here, but I’ve had success in the past mix and matching icon sets from royalty free sites such as Shutterstock.  E.g.

http://goo.gl/5qTAyP or http://goo.gl/kggjYF

Shutterstock is pretty reasonable you can get licensed use for 2 images for $29, 5 for $49 or go all out and download 25 a day for future use over a month period for $249.

Dan Lawrence | Director, Networking and Resource Sharing |  State Library |  Colorado Department of Education | 201 E. Colfax Ave., Room 309, Denver, CO  80203| tel 303.866.6907 | cell 720.484.1936 | Lawrence_D at cde.state.co.us<mailto:Lawrence_D at cde.state.co.us> |ColoradoStateLibrary.org<http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/> |

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Hess, M. Ryan
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:19 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
Subject: [WEB4LIB] icons

Hi all,

I’m wondering if anyone out there has done any icon work for their web content. We’ve got a hodgepodge of icons we’ve pulled from multiple places, but no uniform set that clearly enhances the UX. Recent work with Bootstrap made me a fan of Glyphicons<http://glyphicons.com/>  but looking over these, I’m seeing significant gaps in what we’ll need. For example, there aren’t a lot of library oriented icons…copy machines, group study rooms, e-readers, etc.

One thought was to start with Glyphicons and then add on as we need, but before we do that, I wondered if anyone out there has discovered the bees-knees of library icon sets.

My preference would be sets that come in either font sets or SVGs. But I’m flexible here.

Thanks for any advice!

M Ryan Hess
Web Services Coordinator
DePaul University
JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614
office: 773-325-7829 | cell:  650-224-7279 |  fax: 773-325-2297  | mhess8 at depaul.edu<https://outlook.depaul.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>

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