[Icon] Modern Mac theme based on SF Symbols

utterances · 11-27-2020, 01:54 PM

Hi Calibre community!
Long time user finally trying my hands at some design. I've attempted an icon pack to make Calibre look more at home on modern macOS designs, by using glyphs from SF Symbols.

I've try to translate the iconography with a lot of inspiration from Nicholas' Highlights theme. Most are monochrome with a dash of colour to consistently indicate states and actions. See examples below:

About more than half of the glyphs are directly from SF Symbols and coloured, the remaining I made to match the design language. SF Symbols are licensed for used on Apple platforms, I don't see they give guidance on how it's used outside Mac. The rest of glyphs I made are Creative Commons (CC BY-NC).

this is just a first draft, I didn't cover plugins, feedback and request are welcome!

kovidgoyal · 11-27-2020, 11:10 PM

Thanks, am sure will be appreciated by mac users. Have made it available via calibre's Change icon theme function.

utterances · 12-01-2020, 12:18 AM

thanks for adding it to the feed! Sorry you might have to update it soon.

I'm renaming it to avoid any trademark issues, now it's called San Francisco

, and San Francisco Night for dark mode people. I should've avoided the Mac name earlier...

p.s. I was gonna edit the initial post but can't find the edit button??

theducks · 12-01-2020, 08:25 PM

The edit button is suppressed for new users as an Anti-Spam tool. There is some formula the board uses and then it will allow PM, edits.

democrite · 01-06-2022, 05:17 PM

Thanks for the theme. I hope someday calibre may offer the ability to dynamically change icons on light/dark mode switch. If you also made the night mode theme, I think you notice that each set is distinguishable only when in a particular mode -- difficult to read otherwise --, thus when switching modes that many of us do daily, one then needs to switch theme. In the meantime, before calibre offers such if it someday does, alternatives? Maybe some script that copies the files to some folder and then restarts calibre? I haven't looked, possible auto run applescript on system mode change?

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11-27-2020, 11:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,031 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Thanks, am sure will be appreciated by mac users. Have made it available via calibre's Change icon theme function.

12-01-2020, 08:25 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,000 Karma: 57259778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The edit button is suppressed for new users as an Anti-Spam tool. There is some formula the board uses and then it will allow PM, edits.

01-06-2022, 05:17 PM	#5
democrite Evangelist Posts: 425 Karma: 77256 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: none	Thanks for the theme. I hope someday calibre may offer the ability to dynamically change icons on light/dark mode switch. If you also made the night mode theme, I think you notice that each set is distinguishable only when in a particular mode -- difficult to read otherwise --, thus when switching modes that many of us do daily, one then needs to switch theme. In the meantime, before calibre offers such if it someday does, alternatives? Maybe some script that copies the files to some folder and then restarts calibre? I haven't looked, possible auto run applescript on system mode change?

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