Entypo Vs FontAwesome
Srihari Sriraman
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I tried to use Entypo (which is used in the SPV) on the regular site. https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4456
I had to build a character-selectors map manually, from the documentation: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/4456/files#L1R52
It seems to have variable dimensions for its icons. The bookmark icons, for instance is really thin. And I had to inline-block them, add width, center them to get a uniform size for the sidebar.
Then it turns out some of the icons have different baselines :/ The mail and megaphone icons for example, don't sit well together because of this: https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1003238/1041772/5f189696-0fda-11e3-995a-1f0fae3f2dd1.png
I don't think this is worth the effort.
I suggest we switch to FontAwesome: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/
I have worked with this before and I've found it a pleasant experience.
What do you guys think?
Poll Created Wed 28 Aug 2013 1:29PM
Use FontAwesome instead of Entypo Closed Sun 1 Sep 2013 6:30PM
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 18.8% | 3 |
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| Abstain | 56.3% | 9 |
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| Disagree | 25.0% | 4 |
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| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 254 |
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16 of 270 people have participated (5%)
Lisa P
Wed 28 Aug 2013 3:04PM
fontawesome is in my experience the most complete icon font you can. Plus it was designed wo work well with Bootstrap.
Jonne Haß
Wed 28 Aug 2013 5:00PM
I don't think all of the icons of it would fit well into Diasporas current design, the overlap with Entypo seems better. I'm also unsure what the replacements would be for some icons we use. But if everybody thinks it's better I won't block it.
Tom Scott
Wed 28 Aug 2013 5:24PM
I'm also a big fan of FontAwesome, have used it in several projects and know what to expect. Plus it integrates easily with Rails and the asset pipeline. On the problem of missing icons, can't we still use Entypo for those icons that FA doesn't have?
aj
Wed 28 Aug 2013 5:42PM
don't care, but constancy everywhere is good, for example my custom header should look the same in the SPV as it does everywhere else
Srihari Sriraman
Wed 28 Aug 2013 5:49PM
Fontawesome does seem to be a good choice, but I would like to stick with Entypo, give it some time and then switch if necessary. It is moving to an icon font that I'm more interested in. Switching between two icon-fonts shouldn't be very difficult.
Roger Braun
Thu 29 Aug 2013 11:44AM
We already use entypo in the SPV. There is no reason right now to switch to FontAwesome.
StarBlessed
Thu 29 Aug 2013 10:45PM
No real feelings on the subject.
Trolli Schmittlauch
Sat 31 Aug 2013 9:25PM
Both look good and, as long as Diaspora is going to use a type font, both are ok for me
Sean Tilley
Sun 1 Sep 2013 2:31AM
Let's give it a shot?