Hi Justin, On 2013-04-23, at 12:24 PM, Justin Obara <[email protected]> wrote:
> Formal Proposal Regarding Font Icons: > ============================== > > We should use font icons for relatively simple images that can be represented > using a single colour, or a few colours in cases where stacking is > appropriate, and which need to be responsive to resolution, size, and colour > changes on the fly. > > For complex images, or those that do not require the responsiveness listed > above, we should make use of either svg or raster images as appropriate. > > > Guideline for using Font Icons: > > • Use PUA font icons > • Provide a text alternatives for non-presentational uses > • Add through CSS using classes > • Apply the class to add the font icon to an element that will only > contain the font icon > • e.g. <span class="addFont"> font icon </span> where "font > icon" would be the actual font icon displayed. > > Please let us know what you think about this proposal and if you have any > more questions or concerns. This proposal seems quite sensible to me. It sounds like you and Heidi have found a reasonable and viable way of labelling font icons. Given this, I think they'll be a valuable addition to our design toolbox. +1. Colin --- Colin Clark http://fluidproject.org _______________________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
