Climacons is a conceptual array of icons consisting of climate-themed icons.
These icons are perhaps even more universal than certain pictographs, and can communicate mood, not only weather in a better manner than traditional icons. But, of course, calendar-like apps will only benefit from the use of these.
Climacons are distributed rather freely under a CC-like license.
SweetiePlus is an icon set consisting of 120 icons for use in websites and web apps.
The icons are round and circular, thus abstaining from the typical square-ish icon shape that has prevailed throughout the years in web history.
SweetiePlus icons, it seems, can really complement some smoother web 2.x designs.
The icons come in PNG, in sizes of 24×24 and 16×16 pixels.
Micro Icon Set is a web-ready set of icons in the PSD format.
The icons are great for ‘general’ use. You’ll find that these can be applied to almost any website, and, as they’re in vector format, you can scale them ad infinitum.
The license is generous, albeit not too generous: using these icons requires a link back to the original post or site.
Jigsoar icons is a set of 60 vector icons that are perfect for the web.
The set consists of ‘general’ icons that are suitable for many occasions.
The icons come in PNG: 16px, 24px, 48px, and 64px. They’re available as Adobe Illustrator vector files.
These icons are registered under the CC license, and require attribution, but merely as a comment in the CSS file.
Entypo is a set of more than 100 free pictograms.
The pictograms are available as scaleable fonts (OpenType), and EPS files, under the CC BY-SA license.
These pictograms are more than useful for most web projects and applications, as they are scaleable and in b&w, allowing you to change their color in a breeze.
Metro is a Windows Phone 7-inspired icon set. It is constituted by 130 sleek and stylish icons.
Interestingly enough, Metro is also the name of Microsoft’s design language, but the author is in no way associated with Microsoft.
The icons first appeared in the 2010 Mobile World Congress and the author, who keeps much to himself, apparently was inspired by what he or she saw.
Nevertheless, the icons look very fine, and seem very usable for a mobile project.
10 May, 2012
By Lauris Veips
