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by LELISOSKA 3651 days ago
maybe there should be like a universal unicode for all the icons that apps might need that represent common functionality and they should be animated to represent an either on or off state for some of them. also top brand square logos should be added into the unicode as well. and then different forks/variations can be submitted for the unicode and be accepted if they are useful and good looking. also they should all be black and white and have the same theme/look similar. u like my idea?? :DD
2 comments

https://materialdesignicons.com/ makes a font available with a reasonably large selection of brand and functionality icons, using unicode private ranges (also svg or whatever).

I don't think i personally agree with brand logos in Unicode.

> I don't think i personally agree with brand logos in Unicode.

Seconded, brands come and go, as do their logos, many large corporations have gone through several logo changes.

Pan-Am is the main one that springs to mind (or it's because I've just re-watched Blade Runner AGAIN...)

>several logo changes

So just change the font you use to render Unicode. The Unicode itself can remain the same.

Sounds pretty awesome!