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defibrillator icon #318

Closed aparlato closed 7 years ago

aparlato commented 7 years ago

For id-support from #270

Defibrillator on taginfo

see #104 request for AED / defibrillator.

icon for emergency:defibrillator

cc @nickidlugash

natslaughter commented 7 years ago

@aparlato Here is the first draft. The icon concept is based on this icon, which was in the #104 ticket

My initial thoughts are: Having the 'electrical bolt' within the heart makes this icon be specific to defibrillators, however it doesn't read as a bolt at the 11 pixel scale and might cause confusion. Maybe being accompanied by the 'plus' sign helps clear up any confusion. I'm considering removing the bolt.

screen shot 2016-12-13 at 2 59 55 pm

cc @nickidlugash @samanpwbb

aparlato commented 7 years ago

@natslaughter nice! The heart looks really good, but I also definitely can't read the bolt at 11 (15 is fairly legible though).

I'd be wary of removing the bolt though as I think that the bolt is actually the main indicator that this is a defibrillator/AED while just the heart with a plus is used for a variety of general first aid purposes.

Maybe get rid of the plus and just use the heart with the bolt outside? Or maybe without the plus, the heart can be larger and house the bolt in a clearer way. Either way, I think the bolt might be essential.

samanpwbb commented 7 years ago

can you do just a heart with a bolt, drop the +?

natslaughter commented 7 years ago

@aparlato @samanpwbb

Second pass using the heart+bolt concept

The main issue is the bolt's illegibility. I'll keep massaging it, but here are two approaches:

screen shot 2016-12-14 at 10 36 52 am

nickidlugash commented 7 years ago

Another potential option: heart with EKG reading? Not sure how widely used this is versus the heart with lightning bolt.

aparlato commented 7 years ago

I think the bolt inside the heart reads best as defibrillator, partially because it feels like an individual symbol. Both work great at 15. When the bolt is separated, I am more open to interpretation when it's 11px and not 100% clear.

aparlato commented 7 years ago

This was done.