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https://mono.company/design/introducing-mono-icons/ https://mono.company/design/introducing-mono-icons/ I just read through their announcement and it seems rea

https://mono.company/design/introducing-mono-icons/ https://mono.company/design/introducing-mono-icons/ I just read through their announcement and it seems reasonable, material icons are overused and OSS icons available don't provide design guidelines for extending (which they do). I'm not a designer and haven't looked into alternative but this sounds like a good effort and I like the look. I was recently involved in a project which used streamline icon pack, and while that set is huge and I don't mind paying for value - their licensing scheme is ridiculous - 3 licence tiers where the limitations are arbitrary and ridiculous and actually useful licence option is "contact us for a quote". Also they expose a private npm repo that requires per user token (per licence) with account for each developer (even those that just run frontend). We ended up removinh their icon set after paying upper 500$ tier - it's just not worth the hassle. So if this is open source maybe some designer would accept commission work - eg few hundred $ per icon/or w/e per set and then that gets added to open pack I like the idea. Or if some designer working with them upstreams their additions.

SloopJon 6y ago
> material icons are overused This is kind of a funny sentiment to me. I get that styles change, and that an interface can look dated with an old theme or old icons. Aqua looks out of place on a current Mac (although I kind of miss it), Aero looks out of place on Windows 10, etc. Personally, I get a little annoyed when icons change. KeePassXC changed their icons a couple of months ago, and I still feel like I need to hover for a tooltip to confirm what this cryptic outline signifies. I guess I just like the idea of a consistent design language, so overuse away!
- reader_mode 6y ago
  Ideally (IMO) you want your app to be recognisable - using plain material design feels bland - sort of like programmer art - as a user I'd gravitate towards a more custom/tailored look - when done well it communicates effort and thought was put into something (at least to me).
lmeyerov 6y ago
We hit the same w font awesome. Early kick starter backers, love the designs + css integration, wanted to pay for embedding into our product, but all sorts of unviable restrictions as soon as someone wanted to share a link to a report etc generated with our app. Totally fine paying, but broken licensing =\
igneo676 6y ago
I completely missed the introduction you linked. That's _amazing_. As a non-designer, I've had a few situations where I've wanted to use a minimal icon pack but it's missing the one or two icons I would need. I'm not opposed to putting something together myself (Inkscape, etc aren't that scary) but I always end up visually inconsistent. I just never know what to look for But this? I can totally make an icon that fits this visual language. Even better since I can take an icon I like from another OSS icon pack and just make it fit. Even better than I can contribute back if I wanted to

SloopJon 6y ago

> material icons are overused This is kind of a funny sentiment to me. I get that styles change, and that an interface can look dated with an old theme or old icons. Aqua looks out of place on a current Mac (although I kind of miss it), Aero looks out of place on Windows 10, etc. Personally, I get a little annoyed when icons change. KeePassXC changed their icons a couple of months ago, and I still feel like I need to hover for a tooltip to confirm what this cryptic outline signifies. I guess I just like the idea of a consistent design language, so overuse away!

reader_mode 6y ago
Ideally (IMO) you want your app to be recognisable - using plain material design feels bland - sort of like programmer art - as a user I'd gravitate towards a more custom/tailored look - when done well it communicates effort and thought was put into something (at least to me).

lmeyerov 6y ago

We hit the same w font awesome. Early kick starter backers, love the designs + css integration, wanted to pay for embedding into our product, but all sorts of unviable restrictions as soon as someone wanted to share a link to a report etc generated with our app. Totally fine paying, but broken licensing =\

igneo676 6y ago

I completely missed the introduction you linked. That's _amazing_. As a non-designer, I've had a few situations where I've wanted to use a minimal icon pack but it's missing the one or two icons I would need. I'm not opposed to putting something together myself (Inkscape, etc aren't that scary) but I always end up visually inconsistent. I just never know what to look for But this? I can totally make an icon that fits this visual language. Even better since I can take an icon I like from another OSS icon pack and just make it fit. Even better than I can contribute back if I wanted to