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Quality Alternative to the Silk Icon Set (CC 3.0)
- DenisM 18y agoThese icons are 16x16 - not good for iPhone or modern web design where large icons rule. Any ideas on large cheap icons?
- hbien 18y agoI used http://icondrawer.com http://icondrawer.com (their sets are less than $100, but not free if that's what you're looking for)
- DenisM 18y agoAwesome, thanks. I don't mind paying a bit, although I'm more used to cheaper stuff around $4/set like http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?text=icon+set&action=file http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?text=icon+set&... or http://www.bigstockphoto.com/search.php?photo_name=icon+set&x=0&y=0 http://www.bigstockphoto.com/search.php?photo_name=icon+set&...
- ComputerGuru 18y agoWell it certainly does seem you get what you pay for - the icon drawer sets are of a much higher caliber than these... then again, both the Fugue icons (linked in story) and Silk are free and certainly of excellent quality...
- ComputerGuru 18y agoThey're largley intended for desktop application development... thanks to the OP - these'll certainly come in handy.
- mark_h 18y agowikimedia often has useful stuff if you're prepared to dig for it: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Icons
- SingAlong 18y agoWow! That's a huge list. I hope someone made a search engine to search wikicommons (something other than their inbuilt one). Although I can still use google with the 'site:' parameter. And smashingmazagine posts a lot of icon sets. But most of them are very specific icon sets(for specific use on specific category sites). Like... (unable to explain, but you'll understand if you take a look at their posts)
- petercooper 18y ago"Quality" alternative? There's a loaded title if there ever was one :) How are these better than Silk in terms of "quality"? They're certainly not bad, and there's an awesome amount of choice here, but they're more anti-aliased and less obvious than the Silk icons. Visually appealing, perhaps, but we're talking icons, not fine art. The ability to pay to not give attribution is interesting, however. So, great work, but it seems rude to call these a "quality alternative" to Silk, which remains an excellent set of icons.
- johns 18y agoQuality qualifies 'alternative', as in, this is a viable alternative to Silk.
- JoelSutherland 18y agoSorry if the title caused confusion. Silk is awesome -- I think that goes without saying. I found this set interesting only because it is the first free alternative that seemed worth considering.
- rrhyne 18y agoEver read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? You can go bonkers defining quality.
- unalone 18y agoI haven't. How exactly does that book approach the issue?
- huhtenberg 18y agoSure, nice icons, but what's more interesting is the business model. I wonder if/how it is working. (edit) Very nice small fonts there too - 5px, 7px, all in TTF - http://www.pinvoke.com/font http://www.pinvoke.com/font
- sgupta 18y agoiStockPhoto is amazing for large, professional icons. You can buy sets of icons (usually around 12 icons/set) for about $1 per icon. It's better than the alternative of having to shell out $100+ for a large icon set, when you really only need a couple out of the batch.
- martey 18y agoThe Creative Commons license that the Fugue icon set is under says, "You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor," yet none is specified. In addition, purchasing a license for the Fugue set is listed at $50/user. How does this work in terms of web apps?
- sutro 18y agoTango's also pretty good: http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library
- markessien 18y agoFree icons have a lifetime. If everyone is using it, it's time to find a new set. Tango is worn out. My grandma uses Tango on her website.
- sutro 18y agoShe must be the author of wornoutgrandmaporn.com. I love that site!
- apsurd 18y agohttp://www.123rf.com/ http://www.123rf.com/ is the cheapest stock photo site I've found. I have seen some of the same content on this site as istockphoto for as much as 10 times less. Lots of usable images on 123rf cost only one credit.
- Tichy 18y agoA bit OT, but since we are on the topic of icon sets: does anybody have suggestions for game icons, for example for a fantasy game (little monsters and stuff)? I am only aware of the Angband ones, because pmog uses them. They are cute, but some alternatives would be nice. Space ships would also be interesting.
- Jem 18y agoHave you tried iconbuffet.com? There's free sets with both monsters and space ships in.
- pwoods 18y agoExcellent!