The Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation
William K. Horton · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1994
From the Publisher: User-interface icons are much more than on-screen decorations. Icons play an integral role in enhancing end-user productivity and an application's overall success. Written by a seasoned design professional, The Icon Book presents clear, step-by-step guidelines for designing instantly recognizable, fully understandable, and reliably memorable computer icons and icon sets for domestic and international use. You'll find heavily illustrated, research-based accounts on every aspect of the icon design process - from initial planning to refining and testing techniques - plus real-world insights for avoiding problems that can occur in translation to international markets. The Icon Book presents strategies and methods for encoding meaning in icons, developing iconic languages and a consistent design style, using color and other design tools, and achieving management goals; offers suggestions for representing complex, unpicturable concepts and indicates when not to use icons; and includes a comprehensive icon glossary. It is a valuable resource for user-interface designers, developers, computer-based trainers, graphic and multimedia designers, and technical writers.