2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
---
title: iPixelPad - Tongue Twisting But Crisp iPad Icons
Gatsby → Astro (#829)
* basic astro setup, kick out all gatsby configs
* move content folder
* src/pages setup
* more file reorg
* more config updates
* more reorgs
* refactor
* refactor
* bump astro
* refactor
* svg icon build system, theme switch
* remark plugin for lead paragraph, more refactor
* make images work
* post meta
* custom Picture component
* Pagination, More component, 404 fixes
* linking fixes
* add table of contents
* post actions fixes
* tag fixes
* content changes
* content changes: move media files to their posts
* more content moving, remove media folder
* refactor remark-lead-paragraph
* link css file when defined in post frontmatter
* move content up again
* kbd post update
* allow js
* downloads solution
* add astro check
* redirect_from solution
* githubLink solution
* reorg
* exif solution as prebuild step
* exif solution on each post during build
* isolate lead paragraph extraction to articles
* restore Exif components
* deploy script update
* fix redirects
* xml & json feeds
* build fix
* fix exif readout in production
* head and seo tweaks, add feeds
* tweak image display
* archive pages with single layout
* restore tags archive
* sitemap setup
* restore thanks page functionality
* reorg
* cleanup
* parallel scripts during prebuild
* restore jest setup
* remove jest, switch to vitest as test runner
* adapt CI
* test refactor
* typescript tweaks
* avatar fixes
* typings
* restore search functionality
* theme switch with nanostores
* fixes
* test fixes
* restore changelog functionality
* umami script
* border color tweak
* related posts with fuse.js
* plawright e2e testing setup
* search tweaks
* simplify typekit loading
* photo fix
* e2e tests
* related posts fix
* fix tags archive
* tweaks
* tweaks
* linux snapshots
* fix header test
* new symlink tactic
* fix dev server in codespaces
* fix yaml
* ci fixes
* changelog loading tweaks
* e2e against dev server on ci
* changelog tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* docs updates
* ci tweaks
* refactor photo creation script
* package updates
* refactor search
* ci tweak
* ci tweaks
* test tweaks, more unit tests
* more unit tests
* post creation script tweaks
* refactor new scripts, test them for real life
* more tests
* refactor
* codeclimate-action update
* uses update
* limit ci runs
* fix theme toggle, test it
* more tests
* favicon files cleanup
* icon components location change
* type checking through ci
* command fixes
* ci fix
* search tweaks
* ci tweaks
* revised favicons, write post draft about it
* drafts filtering fix
* lint fix, favicon fixes
* copy changes
* fix related search images
* content updates
* new codeblock styles, copy tweaks, fixes
* package updates
* typing fixes
* lint fix
* content updates
* restore link posts
* faster theme switching
* split up astro utils
* related posts fixes
* fix
* refactor
* fixes
* copy tweaks
* fixes
* picture tweaks
* image fixes
* feed fixes, adapt for json feed v1.1
* e2e test updates
* layout tweaks
* update snaphots
* migrate to createMarkdownProcessor
* ci cache tweaks
* activate more browsers for e2e testing
* switch to macos-13 images
* build caching tweaks
* markdown fix
* set image quality
* remove avif generation
* picture tweaks
* head fixes
* add og:image:alt
* create-icons test
* new post: Favicon Generation with Astro
2023-09-18 03:16:53 +02:00
image: ./Teaser-iPixelPad.png
download: /get/ipixelpad_by_kremalicious.zip
2013-11-20 23:03:07 +01:00
date: 2010-02-04 15:21:42+00:00
2018-11-19 01:54:01 +01:00
2015-06-09 23:07:32 +02:00
tags:
2019-05-12 16:37:44 +02:00
- goodies
- icon
- ios
- ipad
2019-11-08 15:31:43 +01:00
- apple
2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
---
Gatsby → Astro (#829)
* basic astro setup, kick out all gatsby configs
* move content folder
* src/pages setup
* more file reorg
* more config updates
* more reorgs
* refactor
* refactor
* bump astro
* refactor
* svg icon build system, theme switch
* remark plugin for lead paragraph, more refactor
* make images work
* post meta
* custom Picture component
* Pagination, More component, 404 fixes
* linking fixes
* add table of contents
* post actions fixes
* tag fixes
* content changes
* content changes: move media files to their posts
* more content moving, remove media folder
* refactor remark-lead-paragraph
* link css file when defined in post frontmatter
* move content up again
* kbd post update
* allow js
* downloads solution
* add astro check
* redirect_from solution
* githubLink solution
* reorg
* exif solution as prebuild step
* exif solution on each post during build
* isolate lead paragraph extraction to articles
* restore Exif components
* deploy script update
* fix redirects
* xml & json feeds
* build fix
* fix exif readout in production
* head and seo tweaks, add feeds
* tweak image display
* archive pages with single layout
* restore tags archive
* sitemap setup
* restore thanks page functionality
* reorg
* cleanup
* parallel scripts during prebuild
* restore jest setup
* remove jest, switch to vitest as test runner
* adapt CI
* test refactor
* typescript tweaks
* avatar fixes
* typings
* restore search functionality
* theme switch with nanostores
* fixes
* test fixes
* restore changelog functionality
* umami script
* border color tweak
* related posts with fuse.js
* plawright e2e testing setup
* search tweaks
* simplify typekit loading
* photo fix
* e2e tests
* related posts fix
* fix tags archive
* tweaks
* tweaks
* linux snapshots
* fix header test
* new symlink tactic
* fix dev server in codespaces
* fix yaml
* ci fixes
* changelog loading tweaks
* e2e against dev server on ci
* changelog tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* docs updates
* ci tweaks
* refactor photo creation script
* package updates
* refactor search
* ci tweak
* ci tweaks
* test tweaks, more unit tests
* more unit tests
* post creation script tweaks
* refactor new scripts, test them for real life
* more tests
* refactor
* codeclimate-action update
* uses update
* limit ci runs
* fix theme toggle, test it
* more tests
* favicon files cleanup
* icon components location change
* type checking through ci
* command fixes
* ci fix
* search tweaks
* ci tweaks
* revised favicons, write post draft about it
* drafts filtering fix
* lint fix, favicon fixes
* copy changes
* fix related search images
* content updates
* new codeblock styles, copy tweaks, fixes
* package updates
* typing fixes
* lint fix
* content updates
* restore link posts
* faster theme switching
* split up astro utils
* related posts fixes
* fix
* refactor
* fixes
* copy tweaks
* fixes
* picture tweaks
* image fixes
* feed fixes, adapt for json feed v1.1
* e2e test updates
* layout tweaks
* update snaphots
* migrate to createMarkdownProcessor
* ci cache tweaks
* activate more browsers for e2e testing
* switch to macos-13 images
* build caching tweaks
* markdown fix
* set image quality
* remove avif generation
* picture tweaks
* head fixes
* add og:image:alt
* create-icons test
* new post: Favicon Generation with Astro
2023-09-18 03:16:53 +02:00
So, what to do when [everyone seem ](http://www.littleboxofideas.com/blog/design-resources/5-very-useful-free-ipad-icon-sets-for-designers ) [to release iPad icons ](http://line25.com/articles/free-apple-ipad-icon-set-for-your-website-designs ) but fail to include some crisp small size icons? Pushing the pixels for yourself of course.
So here's my take on the smaller sizes of an [Apple iPad ](http://www.apple.com/ipad/ ) icon, called iPixelPad in the sizes 48px, 32px and 16px. Everything drawn pixel-perfect from scratch. Heck, even the wallpaper.
2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
They also come in two different versions for each size: with a matte highlight shine and with a harder gloss.
And drawing the homescreen icons was quite funky and if you know the standard iPhone icons I bet you can guess what icons you can see here and in the icon files, at least in the 48px and 32px versions:
Gatsby → Astro (#829)
* basic astro setup, kick out all gatsby configs
* move content folder
* src/pages setup
* more file reorg
* more config updates
* more reorgs
* refactor
* refactor
* bump astro
* refactor
* svg icon build system, theme switch
* remark plugin for lead paragraph, more refactor
* make images work
* post meta
* custom Picture component
* Pagination, More component, 404 fixes
* linking fixes
* add table of contents
* post actions fixes
* tag fixes
* content changes
* content changes: move media files to their posts
* more content moving, remove media folder
* refactor remark-lead-paragraph
* link css file when defined in post frontmatter
* move content up again
* kbd post update
* allow js
* downloads solution
* add astro check
* redirect_from solution
* githubLink solution
* reorg
* exif solution as prebuild step
* exif solution on each post during build
* isolate lead paragraph extraction to articles
* restore Exif components
* deploy script update
* fix redirects
* xml & json feeds
* build fix
* fix exif readout in production
* head and seo tweaks, add feeds
* tweak image display
* archive pages with single layout
* restore tags archive
* sitemap setup
* restore thanks page functionality
* reorg
* cleanup
* parallel scripts during prebuild
* restore jest setup
* remove jest, switch to vitest as test runner
* adapt CI
* test refactor
* typescript tweaks
* avatar fixes
* typings
* restore search functionality
* theme switch with nanostores
* fixes
* test fixes
* restore changelog functionality
* umami script
* border color tweak
* related posts with fuse.js
* plawright e2e testing setup
* search tweaks
* simplify typekit loading
* photo fix
* e2e tests
* related posts fix
* fix tags archive
* tweaks
* tweaks
* linux snapshots
* fix header test
* new symlink tactic
* fix dev server in codespaces
* fix yaml
* ci fixes
* changelog loading tweaks
* e2e against dev server on ci
* changelog tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* docs updates
* ci tweaks
* refactor photo creation script
* package updates
* refactor search
* ci tweak
* ci tweaks
* test tweaks, more unit tests
* more unit tests
* post creation script tweaks
* refactor new scripts, test them for real life
* more tests
* refactor
* codeclimate-action update
* uses update
* limit ci runs
* fix theme toggle, test it
* more tests
* favicon files cleanup
* icon components location change
* type checking through ci
* command fixes
* ci fix
* search tweaks
* ci tweaks
* revised favicons, write post draft about it
* drafts filtering fix
* lint fix, favicon fixes
* copy changes
* fix related search images
* content updates
* new codeblock styles, copy tweaks, fixes
* package updates
* typing fixes
* lint fix
* content updates
* restore link posts
* faster theme switching
* split up astro utils
* related posts fixes
* fix
* refactor
* fixes
* copy tweaks
* fixes
* picture tweaks
* image fixes
* feed fixes, adapt for json feed v1.1
* e2e test updates
* layout tweaks
* update snaphots
* migrate to createMarkdownProcessor
* ci cache tweaks
* activate more browsers for e2e testing
* switch to macos-13 images
* build caching tweaks
* markdown fix
* set image quality
* remove avif generation
* picture tweaks
* head fixes
* add og:image:alt
* create-icons test
* new post: Favicon Generation with Astro
2023-09-18 03:16:53 +02:00
2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00
The homescreen icons pixels in the 16px version needed all more vivid colors to get them distinguishable from the wallpaper background so they're a bit different from the other sizes. These are the times I wish I could modify just half a pixel.
## Download
The icons come in various formats: iContainer, ICNS, ICO and PNG files for each size. Just click the following download button to grab the whole pack:
2015-06-22 21:28:31 +02:00
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Gatsby → Astro (#829)
* basic astro setup, kick out all gatsby configs
* move content folder
* src/pages setup
* more file reorg
* more config updates
* more reorgs
* refactor
* refactor
* bump astro
* refactor
* svg icon build system, theme switch
* remark plugin for lead paragraph, more refactor
* make images work
* post meta
* custom Picture component
* Pagination, More component, 404 fixes
* linking fixes
* add table of contents
* post actions fixes
* tag fixes
* content changes
* content changes: move media files to their posts
* more content moving, remove media folder
* refactor remark-lead-paragraph
* link css file when defined in post frontmatter
* move content up again
* kbd post update
* allow js
* downloads solution
* add astro check
* redirect_from solution
* githubLink solution
* reorg
* exif solution as prebuild step
* exif solution on each post during build
* isolate lead paragraph extraction to articles
* restore Exif components
* deploy script update
* fix redirects
* xml & json feeds
* build fix
* fix exif readout in production
* head and seo tweaks, add feeds
* tweak image display
* archive pages with single layout
* restore tags archive
* sitemap setup
* restore thanks page functionality
* reorg
* cleanup
* parallel scripts during prebuild
* restore jest setup
* remove jest, switch to vitest as test runner
* adapt CI
* test refactor
* typescript tweaks
* avatar fixes
* typings
* restore search functionality
* theme switch with nanostores
* fixes
* test fixes
* restore changelog functionality
* umami script
* border color tweak
* related posts with fuse.js
* plawright e2e testing setup
* search tweaks
* simplify typekit loading
* photo fix
* e2e tests
* related posts fix
* fix tags archive
* tweaks
* tweaks
* linux snapshots
* fix header test
* new symlink tactic
* fix dev server in codespaces
* fix yaml
* ci fixes
* changelog loading tweaks
* e2e against dev server on ci
* changelog tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* ci tweaks
* docs updates
* ci tweaks
* refactor photo creation script
* package updates
* refactor search
* ci tweak
* ci tweaks
* test tweaks, more unit tests
* more unit tests
* post creation script tweaks
* refactor new scripts, test them for real life
* more tests
* refactor
* codeclimate-action update
* uses update
* limit ci runs
* fix theme toggle, test it
* more tests
* favicon files cleanup
* icon components location change
* type checking through ci
* command fixes
* ci fix
* search tweaks
* ci tweaks
* revised favicons, write post draft about it
* drafts filtering fix
* lint fix, favicon fixes
* copy changes
* fix related search images
* content updates
* new codeblock styles, copy tweaks, fixes
* package updates
* typing fixes
* lint fix
* content updates
* restore link posts
* faster theme switching
* split up astro utils
* related posts fixes
* fix
* refactor
* fixes
* copy tweaks
* fixes
* picture tweaks
* image fixes
* feed fixes, adapt for json feed v1.1
* e2e test updates
* layout tweaks
* update snaphots
* migrate to createMarkdownProcessor
* ci cache tweaks
* activate more browsers for e2e testing
* switch to macos-13 images
* build caching tweaks
* markdown fix
* set image quality
* remove avif generation
* picture tweaks
* head fixes
* add og:image:alt
* create-icons test
* new post: Favicon Generation with Astro
2023-09-18 03:16:53 +02:00
< a class = "icon-download btn btn-primary" href = "/get/ipixelpad_by_kremalicious.zip" > Download< / a >
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## License
[](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/de/)
iPixelPad by [Matthias Kretschmann ](http://kremalicious.com ) is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Germany License ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/de/ ).
