icons

[Inge Kokidko]

I've had good luck with flaticons.net, which lets you customize the size
and color of around 2500 icons.


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Hess, M. Ryan <MHESS8 at depaul.edu> wrote:

>  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> wrote:
>
>     Yes, there is a site that  comes very  close to being the bee knees.
>  See 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.  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>
> 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 |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
> *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 |ColoradoStateLibrary.org<http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/>
>  |
>
>   *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU<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
> *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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