Thursday, February 26, 2009

Free and Stock Icons


A new website called Icon Dock has launched affordable (and a few free) icons for use on websites. Many people don't have time to design a full-fledged icon for simple functions like:

- forward and back buttons
- links to different pages
- visual guides to page and topic headings

Icon Dock makes this much easier by providing appropriate (adjustable) icons.

Here are more reasons why Icon Dock thinks their stock icons would be of use to you:

Affordable

Buy only what you need. There is no minimum quantity. You can buy Icons individually or buy a complete set for better savings.

Flexible

Our vector icons are scalable, so you can export them to any size for web purposes or high resolution print materials like brochures and advertising.

Editable

Edit icons with any vector software (such as Adobe Illustrator) – easily change the gradient and stroke color to fit your designs.

Combinable

Create your own icon by combining a few of ours. Try combining the “page icon” with the “plus icon” to get a “create new page” icon. The possibilities are endless.

They are just starting out, so their choices are limited. But, according to their terms of use, icons you download are flexible in a number of ways (as explained above), which gives you more options than just what they have provided.

Make sure to check their blog for news, and also for new icons (both free and stock).

A good idea that goes just a little further than the clip arts of yonder years.