#Iconset google license#
Note: a license must be purchased from Fontawesome for this functionality) QIcon “name” property is same as “class” attribute value in Fontawesome docs examples (where they show tags)įa- fa. Use QIcon instead of component Logo icons require ‘ion-logo-’ prefix It’s really surprising Google didn’t test and spot the issues with its new icons before releasing them.Notice the underline character instead of dash or space This goes to the extent where even shades of colours are tested instead of having a designer chose. Such blunder is especially uncommon for Google, which usually priorities usability above almost anything else (apart from profit?). Google users will primarily use the Google tools, therefore primarily need to distinguish between the Google apps, rather than distinguish them from say Microsoft Office apps.
Users are rarely using multiple providers equally. It’s not designed to differentiate various Google apps from each other. The bottom line is simple and very surprising for Google: The icon design system is designed so users can easily differentiate any Google app from a non Google app.
The core of the problems: Brand over Usability Google could fix this by allowing a greater variety of stroke widths, allowing more distinct shapes (as seen in the Gmail icon), creating a finer grid allowing for more weighted colour distribution, etc. How many distinct shapes does this allow to create in the limited space of an icon? You’ll always end up with something square-ish or circle-ish. Problem 2: Always use outlinesĮvery icon must be constructed using thick lines and all should have a negative space in the middle. Google could fix this by having a better distribution of colours, where each app gets assigned a primary colour which needs to make up around 80 percent of the colours in its icon. It’s nearly impossible to create distinct icons when every icon ends up being a rainbow. Google misses this opportunity by forcing all of its primary colours into each icon. Each app gets one primary colour-a system that is established and works very well. Most other brands use colours to differentiate between their apps. Let’s look at the issues in Google’s approach: Problem 1: Use all the colours For such a small area, an icon design system needs to leave enough flexibility to create clearly recognisable icons in at least one of the categories of distinction listed above. Icons are often used in small sizes of just 16 x 16 pt in case of the favicon in the browser. The culprit: A very restrictive design systemĪfter spending a while trying to create usable icon designs within Google’s icon design framework, I realised it’s just too restrictive for its purpose.
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