Free high-quality icons

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Free high-quality icons - Today's Mod

by Jason Clarke Jun 21st 2007

[Update] Thanks to DLS reader Kevin for pointing out in the comments that these icons are only for personal use. Pixel Press Icons does however have a page of royalty-free 16x16 icons that can be used anywhere.

One of the quickest way to put a personal stamp on your computer is to use custom icons. For those of us that have become addicted to creating the perfect icon set, it can become a mission to search out the most beautiful icon for some specific application or folder.

One place to find some very high-quality icons is Pixel Press Icons. Their icon sets are offered free of charge for use ~~on websites, in software, or~~ on your personal computer. The icon sets are packaged in Mac-friendly drive image files (DMG file extension), although I'm sure enterprising Windows users can find a way to make use of these icons as well.

In fact, if you've got the expertise to share how to download and install a Mac icon packaged inside a Mac image file, please share it with us in the comments.

Tags: icons, mac icons, MacIcons, pixel press icons, PixelPressIcons

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sandy said 12:54PM on 6-21-2007

another of my fav sources for icons is http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/index.php?sort=downloads

they also have them for windows, though the mac selection is much bigger

jabberSGA said 1:20PM on 6-21-2007

There are two ways to do this:

1.Free approach- Mount the .dmg file, right-click on the icon and "getinfo". Do the same for the folder to which you want to apply this icon. Now select the target icon thumbnail at the top of the popup, copy it using keyboard short cut (apple+C). Then select icon thumbnail at the top of the destination folder and paste (apple+V). Voila!

2. Paid approach- Candy bar from http://www.panic.com/candybar/ which is an icon management app

Kevin said 2:46PM on 6-21-2007

"The icons contained in these sets are intended for personal desktop use ONLY." Which means you cannot use the Pixel Press icons for your website or in applications. Just to be clear and to prevent people from getting into trouble ;)

losesosoko said 4:20PM on 6-21-2007

would love to be bale to convert these to windows icons

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