[Icon request] Zim Desktop Wiki

[stevenjaycohen]

This is a request for an update to an existing icon.

A paintbrush makes little sense in this context. It seems like the Fountain Pen on the app's original icon may have gotten misrepresented as a paintbrush on the Papirus icon.

Papirus Icon

Original Icon

The application is a personal web (wiki) meant to be kept on one's own computer, not in the cloud.
So, ideally, the icon relays the idea of a personal (locally stored) web of data.

[varlesh]

if you have idea how this draw with material disign with 16px-64px - welcome!

[stevenjaycohen]

I started with gedit and web-browser then adapted the colors.
A pencil seems to be the right choice to imply "edit", not a pen. So, making that change makes sense.
Maybe a mechanical pencil look would hold the place between a pencil and a pen?

Mine is truly crappy, but does it give you a good idea where to start from?

[varlesh]

Thx for info.We reproduce original icon. Maybe you ask on Zim devs why they use pen?

[stevenjaycohen]

But you did not use a pen in your icon. You used a paintbrush. If you make yours look more like a pen, then you may have solved the problem.

From my original post in this thread:
"A paintbrush makes little sense in this context. It seems like the Fountain Pen on the app's original icon may have gotten misrepresented as a paintbrush on the Papirus icon."

[stevenjaycohen]

Their icon is meant to be one of these:

When you reduced the detail but kept the curviness, you turned it into one of these:

[varlesh]

updated

[stevenjaycohen]

Thank you for taking the time to look at this. I truly appreciate the work you are doing on this theme.

[varlesh]

I'm update this again, for not merged yellow color on white background: