That's a great analogy. For scaled outline fonts to remain legible at low resolutions, they have a sophisticated hinting system (it even has a little virtual m

That's a great analogy. For scaled outline fonts to remain legible at low resolutions, they have a sophisticated hinting system (it even has a little virtual machine!). I'm sure if someone developed a hinting VM framework for vector icons (that wasn't patent-encumbered like half of the font ones), it would do a lot to help convince people that special low-resolution bitmaps weren't necessary for tiny icons to look good.