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Lucide[1] is a very active fork of Feather and what I’ve been using for the past few years instead. Feather is great as are their design guidelines, but it nee

Lucide[1] is a very active fork of Feather and what I’ve been using for the past few years instead. Feather is great as are their design guidelines, but it needs way way more icons. Lucide picks up beautifully where it left off. [1] https://lucide.dev/ https://lucide.dev/

867-5309 4y ago
I wonder why signal-zero and signal-low are the same icon
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  And signal-high is lower than signal. I guess some discretion is required before using any of those icon fonts. That's really not a point against it. Anyway, my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush.
  - ComputerGuru 4y ago
    > anyway my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush That’s actually a thing now: https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-history/ https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-hist...
    - marcosdumay 4y ago
      That's interesting. For me the rushing icon does look better. But I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. We don't make signage with people running except when we actually want to say that they are going fast; the same should apply here.
      - thih9 4y ago
        > I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. The article linked by grandparent says: "the new design pictures a handicapped individual with their head tilted forward, indicating their mobility and that they are in control of where they are going. The new design also pictures the individual with their arms back, once again indicating that they are dynamic and in control of their own mobility."
        marcosdumay 4y ago
        Yes, but the icon should look like the person is "walking" instead of "running". Even though it is a beautiful icon, the effect is misleading. If you just reduce the inclination of the body and arms, you get that effect.
        ComputerGuru 4y ago
        I think it is intentional and I think the reason isn't very hard to figure out. Handicapped has been associated with "incapable" for a long time, and this is intentionally turning that on its head to force people to (maybe!) subconsciously reconsider when they start seeing this symbol spray painted in parking lots, plastered on walls, and otherwise surrounding them in the spaces they regularly visit. This wasn't meant to be a neutral change, or even a change to bring it from negative connotations to neutral - it's the equivalent of affirmative action for symbols.
      - CoffeeOnWrite 4y ago
        This 2014 article/podcast episode does a deep dive you might find interesting: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/
- azdle 4y ago
  Looks like it's just an accident: https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment-1099289022 https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment...
  - 867-5309 4y ago
    beside the fact that an error like this actually made it into a release, should it really take more than six months for such a simple correction?
    - junkieradio 4y ago
      You can't really hold an open source project like this to such a high level of scrutiny, all development was likely done in people's spare time with no compensation.
      - jlkuester7 4y ago
        You must be new here.... But seriously, I 100% agree! No one is paying for these icons. Mistakes happen. The world is not ending if they do not get corrected immediately. We all have a ton of things we are working on and cannot always make our FLOSS side-projects our top priority. (Though, I will readily admit that this raises some provocative questions about how much "mission critical" projects should rely on open source projects which they have no contract/SLA/affiliation with...)
        melagonster 4y ago
        Is this the point? if a company really absolutely rely on an open source/ free softwarem, they have obvious benefits to help develop it.
        bee_rider 4y ago
        I don't think it really is that provocative -- clearly if you have no relationship with an open source project then they don't owe you anything, and you can't rely on them. So if your project is mission critical, then you either need to start up that relationship or apply internal engineering effort to vetting their code. Of course I'm sure the second person to touch a computer did something irresponsible with it, so what can you do, right?
angelmm 4y ago
Didn't know about Lucide! Thanks for sharing
Jaydenaus 4y ago
Tabler-icons is also a larger set with similar design specs to feather) lucide
KrishnaShripad 4y ago
This looks great! Thanks for the share!

867-5309 4y ago

I wonder why signal-zero and signal-low are the same icon

marcosdumay 4y ago
And signal-high is lower than signal. I guess some discretion is required before using any of those icon fonts. That's really not a point against it. Anyway, my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush.
- ComputerGuru 4y ago
  > anyway my favorite feature is that the disability guy is in a rush That’s actually a thing now: https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-history/ https://blog.logomyway.com/new-handicapped-logo-and-the-hist...
  - marcosdumay 4y ago
    That's interesting. For me the rushing icon does look better. But I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. We don't make signage with people running except when we actually want to say that they are going fast; the same should apply here.
    - thih9 4y ago
      > I wonder why they didn't make the icon on a more normal position, with the body and arms closer to the resting position. The article linked by grandparent says: "the new design pictures a handicapped individual with their head tilted forward, indicating their mobility and that they are in control of where they are going. The new design also pictures the individual with their arms back, once again indicating that they are dynamic and in control of their own mobility."
      - marcosdumay 4y ago
        Yes, but the icon should look like the person is "walking" instead of "running". Even though it is a beautiful icon, the effect is misleading. If you just reduce the inclination of the body and arms, you get that effect.
        ComputerGuru 4y ago
        I think it is intentional and I think the reason isn't very hard to figure out. Handicapped has been associated with "incapable" for a long time, and this is intentionally turning that on its head to force people to (maybe!) subconsciously reconsider when they start seeing this symbol spray painted in parking lots, plastered on walls, and otherwise surrounding them in the spaces they regularly visit. This wasn't meant to be a neutral change, or even a change to bring it from negative connotations to neutral - it's the equivalent of affirmative action for symbols.
    - CoffeeOnWrite 4y ago
      This 2014 article/podcast episode does a deep dive you might find interesting: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/icon-for-access/
azdle 4y ago
Looks like it's just an accident: https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment-1099289022 https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/pull/428#issuecomment...
- 867-5309 4y ago
  beside the fact that an error like this actually made it into a release, should it really take more than six months for such a simple correction?
  - junkieradio 4y ago
    You can't really hold an open source project like this to such a high level of scrutiny, all development was likely done in people's spare time with no compensation.
    - jlkuester7 4y ago
      You must be new here.... But seriously, I 100% agree! No one is paying for these icons. Mistakes happen. The world is not ending if they do not get corrected immediately. We all have a ton of things we are working on and cannot always make our FLOSS side-projects our top priority. (Though, I will readily admit that this raises some provocative questions about how much "mission critical" projects should rely on open source projects which they have no contract/SLA/affiliation with...)
      - melagonster 4y ago
        Is this the point? if a company really absolutely rely on an open source/ free softwarem, they have obvious benefits to help develop it.
      - bee_rider 4y ago
        I don't think it really is that provocative -- clearly if you have no relationship with an open source project then they don't owe you anything, and you can't rely on them. So if your project is mission critical, then you either need to start up that relationship or apply internal engineering effort to vetting their code. Of course I'm sure the second person to touch a computer did something irresponsible with it, so what can you do, right?

angelmm 4y ago

Didn't know about Lucide! Thanks for sharing

Jaydenaus 4y ago

Tabler-icons is also a larger set with similar design specs to feather) lucide

KrishnaShripad 4y ago

This looks great! Thanks for the share!