papirus-icon-theme/tools/work

FOR DEVELOPERS and DESIGNERS

It's easy :)

First draw icons for Papirus icon theme only! For Papirus Dark use script for change colors.

NOTE: If you draw monochrome icon for Papirus, please add version for Papirus Dark too!

Basic concepts

Papirus - it's SVG-based icon theme for Linux with material and flat style.

All elements have clear distinction and outlines. Also main feature - it's warm colors tone!

PLEASE not use very bright and toxic colors for Papirus!!!

Examples available on main icon theme folders. On work directory only templates and scripts.

Main icons

Now main icons have sizes 16px, 22px, 24px, 32px and 48px. Also available some 64px icons for Places and Mimes.

Why needed this more sizes for SVG?

Because if use single size for all - icons will be blurred. All objects on Papirus have pixelated alignment.

It's important!!!

For all icons use ONLY template, because this icons alredy have clear SVG code (and some needed objects)!

Monochrome icons

Papirus now support KDE color scheme for monochrome actions, devices, places and panel icons

More info about that here

Now support only icons:

• actions (16px, 22px, 24px)
• devices (16px)
• places (16px)
• panel (22px, 24px)

It's important!!!

For monochrome icons use ONLY template and ONLY color pallete from template, because this icons have CSS style!!!

System Requirements

• inkscape
• npm
• svgo

For Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint users:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install inkscape npm nodejs-legacy
sudo npm install -g npm svgo

How doing this?

Open directory work and choose need category. On this directory already available template files for development.

Open on Inkscape template file and draw new icon and save on work category dir.

For example:

work/Papirus/apps/abricotine@48x48.svg

NOTE: Please not forgot add size suffix for icon name - it's needed for right work scripts. Use only lowercase registry for .svg.

Step by step for Papirus

• open template file on Inkscape
• delete not needed objects
• draw new objects
• save file as name@size.svg (use lowercase registry for .svg)
• draw icons for other sizes
• run script for clean icons tools/run_on_dirs.sh

For example:

./run_on_dirs.sh work/Papirus/apps

• fine, your icon fixed and clear
• now you can check icons
• if all fine - copy icons to main icon theme folders, use script tools/work/copy-to-theme.sh:

For example:

./copy-app-to-theme.sh

• clean work directory, use script tools/work/clean.sh:

./clean.sh

• all is ready! Now you can commit changes to GitHub

Step by step for Papirus Dark

work/Papirus-Dark have only monochrome icons with another CSS stylesheet.

• initially draw icons for work/Papirus and run script from tools/run_on_dirs.sh

For example:

./run_on_dirs.sh work/Papirus-Dark/actions

• copy files to work/Papirus-Dark directory, use script tools/work/copy-to-work-dark.sh

For example:

./copy-to-work-dark.sh

• now need change colors and class for Papirus Dark - run script tools/work/convert-to-dark.sh

For example:

./convert-to-dark.sh

• now check your work
• copy all files to main icon theme, use script tools/work/copy-to-theme.sh

For example:

./copy-app-to-theme.sh

• clean work directory, use script tools/work/clean.sh:

./clean.sh

• all is ready! Now you can commit changes to GitHub