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Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by martiuk » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:07 PM UTC

SimeVidas wrote: post #9

The thin font used for the tags has readability issues. Is this a Windows-only problem? Screen: https://twitter.com/simevidas/status/490104115826270208

I'm using chromium, with directwrite enabled and it looks exactly like you're describing. Thin fonts with Chrome/Chromium are always a problem.

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:08 PM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #10

What software was used to design these icons, i.e. how would one go about adding a new icon?

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Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by nezza-_- » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:09 PM UTC

SimeVidas wrote: post #9

The thin font used for the tags has readability issues. Is this a Windows-only problem? Screen: https://twitter.com/simevidas/status/490104115826270208

Looks terrible on a retina MacBook too... (in 1920 mode) http://imgur.com/a/ntEQW

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by SimeVidas » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:12 PM UTC

martiuk wrote: post #11

SimeVidas wrote: post #9

The thin font used for the tags has readability issues. Is this a Windows-only problem? Screen: https://twitter.com/simevidas/status/490104115826270208

I'm using chromium, with directwrite enabled and it looks exactly like you're describing. Thin fonts with Chrome/Chromium are always a problem.

Fonts were a problem in Chrome before it started using DirectWrite, but in this case, DirectWrite seems to be unable to render the font properly as the issue is present in IE too.

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by lifeisstillgood » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:14 PM UTC

I am not sure I get it - it seems to be logos of well known tech companies or their well known products.

Why would I want to use someone else's icon ?

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by jbverschoor » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:17 PM UTC

Wow, so much negativity here on HN. I think it's a pretty cool set of icons.

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by SimeVidas » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:19 PM UTC

The author instructs loading the entire font package, which is 35KB, onto you website. I don't think this is a good approach from a performance perspective. I recommend using tools like Fontello to create custom font files with just the icons you need.

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by lhnz » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:21 PM UTC

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #15

I am not sure I get it - it seems to be logos of well known tech companies or their well known products. Why would I want to use someone else's icon ?

Perhaps if you were building a web version of your CV you might want to use icons to symbolise knowledge.

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by norswap » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:29 PM UTC

Or you know, you could just use plain images.

Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers

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Post by Argorak » Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 12:33 PM UTC

Pay attention when using the Rails logo:

http://www.rubyinside.com/david-heinemeier-hansson-says-no-t...