https://github.com/morgant/vimb-icon
An unofficial application icon for Vimb (the Vim-like browser)
https://github.com/morgant/vimb-icon
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An unofficial application icon for Vimb (the Vim-like browser)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/morgant/vimb-icon
- Owner: morgant
- Created: 2026-03-15T21:25:50.000Z (3 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-03-15T22:49:23.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-16T09:55:51.807Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: application-icon, icon, inkscape-svg, svg, vimb
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- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Vimb icon
by Morgan Aldridge
## OVERVIEW
An __unofficial__ application icon created for
[Vimb](https://github.com/fanglingsu/vimb), the Vim-like web browser, because
it doesn't have an official icon and I couldn't find one.
This project contains the original Inkscape SVG file which can be exported to
whichever format/resolution/etc. you need.
## DESIGN & COMPONENTS
I just wanted something that looked similar to the [Vim](https://www.vim.org/)
logo, but indicated that is _actually_ a web browser.
1. I started with the official Vim logo, specifically:
[`vimlogo.svg`](originals/vimlogo/README.md)
2. Since it is built around [WebKitGTK](https://webkitgtk.org/), I checked
for an official logo
* Unfortunately, the WebKitGTK project doesn't have its own and the
official [WebKit](https://webkit.org/) logo is [a trademark of
Apple Inc.](https://webkit.org/terms-of-use/)
* I'm not a huge fan of the current WebKit logo anyway, plus the design
language clashes with the Vim logo's design
3. Instead, I looked for an appropriately licensed 'compass' icon (more
Safari/WebKit-like) to incorporate into the Vim logo, finding the
[PrimeIcons](https://github.com/primefaces/primeicons/) project,
specifically: [`compass.svg`](originals/compass/README.md)
4. I manualy separated and recombined the Vim logo's components with the
compass asset in Inkscape, ultimately making the following design
decisions:
* Preserving Vim logo's more traditional "green tile", thick lines, and
solid white outline
* Keeping only the Vim logo's large, gray, capital 'V' (vee), dropping the
smaller letters 'i' & 'm'
* Applying the 'compass' icon the "green tile" in a darker green, rotated
slightly so that the compass needle aligns with the angle of the large,
gray, Vim vee's [vertex][type-anatomy]
* Scaling down and repositioning the gray Vim vee and over the "green
tile" such that:
* The vee's [head serif][type-anatomy] are centered around the pivot
point (pin?) of the compass needle
* The vee covers the edges of the bottom half of the compass needle,
revealing the needle in its [vertex][type-anatomy]
* The [crotch][type-anatomy] of the vee still extends beyond the
bounds of the "green tile", like the original Vim logo
[type-anatomy]: See [LetterParts.com](https://letterparts.com/)'s interactive
type anatomy
## LICENSE
Released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
Vim and [`vimlogo.svg`](https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/vimlogo.svg)
are licensed under the [Vim license](https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/LICENSE).
(See also: [originals/vimlogo/](originals/vimlogo/README.md).)
`compass.svg` is licensed under the [MIT license](https://github.com/primefaces/primeicons/blob/master/LICENSE).
(See also: [originals/compass/](originals/compass/README.md).)