Symbols, Buttons and Icons For Free. Advertisement We’ve all been there: sitting in front of a new design layout, we realize that something doesn’t fit, is even disturbing, but we have no idea what it is and how we should improve the page.
Sometimes, line-height can do the job and sometimes background can completely change the impression on the visitors – in fact, sometimes the smallest design elements we overlook can drastically improve the readability of a given text.But if your attemps to change the layout haven’t beart any fruits, maybe you were looking in a wrong place. To improve the usability one can use a variety of methods and techniques – in fact, many of them will be presented in the next articles on the Smashing Magazine. One of them – an easy-to-use one – is using of professional symbols, buttons and icons, which give the information a structure and simplify its readability and understanding. More Symbols, Buttons and Icons For Free. Advertisement We continue to collect best freeware1 and stock2 symbols, buttons and icons.
Here are few sets we’ve stumbled upon over the last few weeks. IconCool collects Icons for Windows XP. There are 16 icon sets, which can be downloaded for free. Most of them include original icons from Microsoft.