Think about it, every developer, whether he is building a Web based, mobile or desktop app, requires professional looking icons to spruce up his project. However, the availability of these resources, especially if they’re royalty free, is scarce. If you’re lucky enough to find an Online resource for icons, often the types you’re after, are not featured. This can lead to hours of search & lots of frustration for developers. Yes, there are countless resources, but they usually come with a hefty price tag, or endless rules, which require specifically formatted attribution.
Aware of the pain designers have when searching for relevant icons ‘Icons8’, an icon resource, has put together a set of icons developed to appeal to developers’ needs. The resources are specifically targeted to provide icons for every conceivable eventuality & requirement a designer could possibly have. Additionally, these guys have thought to offer the entire set as a single file download, which means that developers can have all resources at their fingertips without the need to search through an Online Site for each individual requirement.
The download is provided free of charge, if attribution is given, but for a basic fee, the entire resource can be used without linking back or assigning authorship. Icons8 has not only created a set of icons for most uses, they’ve also themed them, so that any developer using these icons can create an application which carries a cohesive design throughout.
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Image Credit: Icons8
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