I recently downloaded the YAM 2.0 preview from the official
YAM site (what a great program!) and quickly got down to
drawing Iconographics-style images for YAM. I don't know
that anyone else besides me actually uses Iconographics
anymore, but here's hoping someone else can use it.
I prefer Iconographics to other icon collections
because the first four palette colors are standard (unlike
the gorgeous pastel icon set) and the overhead is low
(unlike another ingenious and flexible icon set).
Unlike previous icon collections of mine (AWebIGfx,
JPIGfx), this one is somewhat more original as far as the
icons go. That is, I didn't use the Iconographics
Construction set so much, and my icons have a different look
than those included with YAM. The "status" icons in
particular are different; I hope they're not so different as
to have lost their meaning!
To see what the set looks like, you can take a look at
the "Preview" file. If you are absolutely certain you want
to use my images, then run the provided installation script
FROM THE WORKBENCH. (It's not an Amiga OS Installer script
and I don't think it will run correctly from the shell.)
The installation sript will back up your old icons in case
you change your mind. (However, you will have to deinstall
them by hand... which isn't too hard, really.) I have
included the Iconographics palette, which is necessary for
anyone like me who does not run NewIcons.
I apologize to all the artists out there. It should be
obvious I'm not one of their number.
I have not yet created toolbars of selected images, but I
expect to do so in the near future.
Iconographics was created by Tom Ekström, and this set of
images for YAM makes use of some of his work.
I am indebted to Marcel Beck for helping me figure out what
width the icons were supposed to be. Also for YAM itself...
(Did I mention it was a great program?)
If you would like to contact me to berate me or just to
comment on the images, or even to request special
Iconographics-style icons, please write:
jperry37@ix.netcom.com
This product is absolutely free and in the public domain.
In fact, there is no guarantee that this product won't
destroy your machine. (On the other hand, I have no idea
what it could possibly do except confuse your icons!) I've
written the installer so that it will make backups, but I
can't guarantee against the unforeseen. (On the other hand,
I did test the installer myself!)
Se lei è Italiano, i miei auguri. (Mia madre è Italiana e
mi ha imparato un po' della lingua.)
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