Icon Design

The Basics about Icon Design

See also the StarOffice Icon Design Guide

Icon sizes

For toolbar icons

• 16 x 16 pixel
• 26 x 26 pixel

For MimeType Icons

• 16 x 16 pixel
• 32 x 32 pixel
• 48 x 48 pixel
• 128 x 128 pixel
• 265 x 265 pixel

Icon File Formats

For toolbar icons

• .png

For MimeType Icons

• .png
• .ico
• .icon

Color Language and Symbolism

For toolbar icons

• The Color palette
• Symbol languages

For MimeType Icons

• The Color palette
• Symbol languages

Icon Behavior

Design proposal for disabled toolbar icons

Icon Themes

The new Galaxy style

The classic theme

The High Contrast Icons

The Dark Theme Icons

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The Evolution of OpenOffice.org Icons

Evolution of toolbar icons

Some examples of most popular toolbar icons:

Evolution of mime type icons

The evolution of OpenOffice.org mime type icons Overview of all OpenOffice.org 3.0 mime type icons Overview of all OpenOffice.org 2.0 mime type icons

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