Sparkicons and the humble hyperlink by Mark Boulton
I really like Mark’s idea of standardised “sparkicons” …for a while there, reading this, I was worried he was going to propose something like Snap Preview. shudder
Tags: iconography
❍ IcoMoon
This is a great free service for generating small subsetted icon fonts. Launch the app and have a play around — you can choose from the icons provided or you can import your own SVG shapes.
Nice touch: you can get the resulting font (mapped to your choice of unicode characters) base-64 encoded for your stylesheet.
Mobile Navigation Icons | TimKadlec.com
Tim shows how to make a scalable three-line navicon in CSS.
Fontello - easy iconic fonts composer
A nifty service for creating a custom font with just the icons you need.
Symbolset
It’s really good to see more providers of icon font sets. These look very nicely designed indeed.
We need a standard show navigation icon for responsive web design | Stuff & Nonsense
Andy documents the kinds of symbols being used to represent revealable navigation on mobile.
Pictos
In an interesting new twist, Pictos now allows you to put together a custom subset of their icons as a font that can be served from their server just like any other webfont service.
The Icon Handbook | The Hickensian | Hicksdesign
Jon gives us a run-through on what to expect from his new book. I’ve had a sneak peek and it looks amazing—I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
9 hours (9h) Designer Capsule Hotel Review - Kyoto, Japan
A fascinating look at the experience design of the 9h brand of capsule hotel. I like the consistent use of colour, light and iconography.
Social Media Icons — Paul Robert Lloyd
A set of icons (in different sizes) from various trendy websites to use in your designs.
Accident-explanatory slings to make you smile
If you've ever broken/strained a limb, you'll know how tedious it gets answering the inevitable "what happened?" question time and time again.
Chinese Culture Versus German Culture » Adino Online
A series of infographics comparing Chinese and German culture. Amusing and astute.
mezzoblue § Chalkwork Basic Royalty-free Icons
Dave has made some icons — very nice ones.