Inspire you: 50 outstanding Favicons

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Http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/31/inspire-yourself-50-remarkable-favicons/
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Inspire Yourself: 50 Remarkable Favicons
Inspire you: 50 outstanding Favicons

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Actually it's a pity that requires designers don't really make use of them. favicons, mini graphics for a particle web-site, can be displayed in the browser's URL bar, next to the site's name in lists of bookmarks, and next to the page's title in a tabbed document interface. to be recognized immediately, favicons have to be always Ally appealing and fit to the design or logo of a given page. in fact, if you use Favicons for your sites, users can easily find your URL in their bookmarks-in this way you create some kind of a visual connection between your web-site and your sites 'visitors.

Unfortunately, in fact, many designers cannot use them very well (Favicons ). Favicons, a pocket image, applies to more detailed websites. It can be displayed in the address bar of a browser, close to the name of the website in the bookmarkdonlist, And the webpage title on the file dialog box interface. If it is identified immediately, favicons should be pleasing to the eye and should be suitable for the design or logo of the page. In fact, if you use favicons on your website, you can easily find your URL in their bookmarks-in this way, you have created visual connections between your website and its visitors.

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However, the design of Favicons can be tricky-it isn' t that easy to create a beautiful 16 × 16px mini-icon. still, some designers manage to achieve tremendous effects. logotypes with clear geometric structures are easier to work with than typefaces or abstract images. the color selection corresponds to current Web 2.0 trends. let's take a look at 50 beautiful favicons you can inspire yourself from. you can click on favicons-they lead to a page, which uses the image as a page icon.

However, the Favicons design may be difficult-it is not that easy to create a pretty 16x16 PX mini icon. Despite this, some designers have made great achievements in their use. The combination of active characters (including several common fixed letters, such as an) works better with clear geometric structures than pure fonts and abstract images, the color selection should comply with the current Web 2.0 trend. Let's take a look at the 50 Beautiful favicons that inspire you. You can click favicons-they can open a page that uses images as page icons.

Petal (Petal)

Http://www.aurea.es/
Http://www.fxis.net/
Http://www.divshare.com/
Http://www.tanyamerone.com/
Http://www.akken.com/
Http://www.kepu.net.cn/english/

Rounded Elements (Circular element)

Http://www.fat-man-collective.com/
Http://www.lisensa.com/
Http://www.lorop-it.de/
Http://www.akamai.com
Http://www.cogmap.com/
Http://www.colorwarepc.com/
Http://www.evozon.com/
Http://www.diabetesgate.de/
Http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/

Letters and Typography (letter and Print Style)

Http://www.cubexagency.com/
Http://www.lisensa.com/
Http://www.somox.com/
Http://www.piqniq.jp/
Http://www.eight6.com/
Http://reachgroupconsulting.com/
Http://www.flexy.info/
Http://www.kiva.org/

Ornaments (modifier)

Http://www.imthere.com/
Http://www.elevenmedia.com/
Http://www.roisure.com/
Http://www.pixellogo.com/
Http://www.thinkpinkstudio.com/
Http://www.mattwebb.com.au/

Squares (square)

Http://www.sumagency.com/
Http://www.indesign.einsteiger-portal.de/
Http://www.kirkpatrickbank.com/
Http://deforum.ru/
Http://www.imasters.com.br/
Http://www.ouvaton.coop/
Http://detlog.org/
Http://www.ministrycamp.com/
Http://www.getpaint.net/
Http://microformats.org/
Http://www.kath-thun.ch/
Http://www.campus-and-more.de/
Http://pro-buero.com/
Http://www.quada-office.de
Http://www.modulio.net/

Further Favicons (more Favicons)

Http://www.joomlart.com/
Http://letterpop.com/
Http://www.illustrationclass.com/
Http://www.trendwatching.com/
Http://www.edag.hu/
Http://www.elektro.de/

Favicon Tools (Favicon tool)

Favicon Generator
Favicon Generator 2
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