The .NET logo is wrong, this is not the C#/MS logo. The logo used comes from a Brit publication called ".net" which has nothing to do with MS .NET.
Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
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Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#52The .NET logo is wrong, this is not the C#/MS logo. The logo used comes from a Brit publication called ".net" which has nothing to do with MS .NET.
I noticed that too, so I opened up an issue on the repo: https://github.com/vorillaz/devicons/issues/17
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
I read this as more of a tounge-in-cheek joke about people who do this, but I may be wrong.
They forgot rockstars.
They aren't just vectorizing other peoples logos and calling it an iconset. They're "sampling" other peoples logos, in a hip hop sense.
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#54I wish icon fonts used ligatures to select the right glyph, rather than meaningless codepoints (e.g. you can make font automagically replace characters "git" with the Git logo). Otherwise these fonts end up being used in a non-accessible way (I browse with webfonts disabled and keep seeing boxes instead of images, with no fallback or a useless display:none'd fallback).
PUA characters are use as a proper way in order to render in all browsers.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8052346
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
SVG are vector graphics that can be rendered in all modern browsers: http://caniuse.com/#feat=svg-img You do miss out on the recoloring and any other font styling options though.
Actually you can style SVG with CSS #yourSVG { fill: red; stroke: blue; }
I don't think you can re-style a SVG with CSS if you embed it with IMG. CSS styling has to be inline with the SVG, so you can embed it directly, or you can change CSS with JS.
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#56The 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.
Unless you're missing a 0, does a file size like that really matter?
On mobile, yes. Even on good networks, you don't always have a strong signal. Download size is always a factor on mobile. 35kb isn't a big deal if it were needed but if 90% of the download is wasted then you probably don't want that.
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#57I was disappointed this was just logos, rather than an icon font for developers. I was expecting useful icons that aren't a part of sets like Glyphicon (databases, servers, etc.).
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#58Has anyone cleared the corporate logo use with a lawyer? In particular, keep in mind the following regarding the Apple logo: # NOTE: The graphic image associated with the Apple logo character # is not authorized for use without permission of Apple, and # unauthorized use might constitute trademark infringement. http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/ROMAN.T...
I am aware of that. As the developer of Devicons I am not claiming any rights upon the logos.
Also take a look at the note at the very bottom of the page:
Note: All brand icons are trademarks of their respective owners. The use of these trademarks does not indicate endorsement of the trademark holder by the author, nor vice versa.
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#59"an iconic font made for developers, code jedis, ninjas, HTTPsters, evangelists and nerds." Urgh. Why do people do this?
I thought that would be a good catchphrase to grab some attention. My apologies.
Re: Devicons, an iconic font made for developers
#60I was disappointed this was just logos, rather than an icon font for developers. I was expecting useful icons that aren't a part of sets like Glyphicon (databases, servers, etc.).
That is not the initial purpose of Devicons. You can try some other free font set such as Ionicons or Font Awesome.