3 ms·
Brilliant. I absolutely love this, and will absolutely use Font Awesome in my next project. While the name Font Awesome is catchy, it doesn't say much about th
by hornbaker 15y ago
Brilliant. I absolutely love this, and will absolutely use Font Awesome in my next project.
While the name Font Awesome is catchy, it doesn't say much about the product, and won't carry seo juice or meaning for your main selling point: better icons. A name like "fonticons" (pronounced like "emoticons") might be stronger, and you could own that term which may go generic (like "kleenex") if the technique is widely adopted.
In fact, you could literally own it. After making sure a google search was relatively clean, and a USPTO.gov trademark search was clear, I just registered the domain fonticons.com, and would be happy to give it to you if you want it as a token of appreciation for your project.
- weixiyen 15y agoI agree, absolutely brilliant idea. You've essentially solved monochromatic image scaling in the web. I can't wait until genre-specific fonticons come out.
- hornbaker 15y agoFor good measure, I just registered the twitter handle @fonticons, too, which of course you're welcome to have. My contact info is in my profile.
- fortawesome 15y agoWow. That's a pretty darn good idea. I'll be in touch.
- mhartl 15y agoDude, hornbaker, you're a mensch. I love it when people do stuff like this.
- hornbaker 15y agoThanks, but he hasn't contacted me yet. Putting up a competitive site now. j/k :)
- fortawesome 15y agoWhoa, I sent you an email yesterday. Double-checking the email spelling...