Formito Favicon Generator
Dev tools
favicon generator
SHOW HN2020
199points
41comments
#281of 3,028 in 2020
Top 10%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, nice interface and quick favicon creation
From 4 comments
Surprisingly nice tool, thanks! One seemingly major feature missing: ability to change the font size.
egorfine on HNFirst, I love what you're doing here. I'd like to use it, but there is something stopping me: when I have lots of options, I need an easy way to compare them. I would so much…
SiVal on HNI tried it on Firefox 79. The menu would show various emoji, but selecting one would sometimes use the Unicode version rather than the exact style that I selected. For example,…
Minor49er on HNI was looking for something like this (Free+less faf svg generator)
atlasV on HN
Useful for comparing many fonts and emoji
From 2 comments
I would love this if it had the option to preview say 40 fonts at once? I don't know what specific font I want, so I was having to manually search for one, select a random one,…
davidweatherall on HNFirst, I love what you're doing here. I'd like to use it, but there is something stopping me: when I have lots of options, I need an easy way to compare them. I would so much…
SiVal on HN
Objections
Font size is fixed at 80px and text can overflow the bounds
From 3 comments
Thanks for reporting this issue. Currently, the font-size is fixed to 80px. I'll add an option to change the font-size in version 2.0.
hosshams on HNFYI: when I try to design favicon with 'MM' it goes out of bound.
sdiw on HNfont-size too big.
latenightcoding on HN
Emoji rendering is inconsistent and does not center well
From 3 comments
Note that the emojis are in text, and many of them do not center very well(I'm in Firefox).
nwsm on HNI tried it on Firefox 79. The menu would show various emoji, but selecting one would sometimes use the Unicode version rather than the exact style that I selected. For example,…
Minor49er on HNIt doesn't work with emojis. Super sad smiley.
roboben on HN
Font picker is hard to use for previewing fonts
From 2 comments
Yeah, the dropdown is not very well accessible. I'll use another autosuggestion component or improve this one for the next update.
hosshams on HNAnd maybe pre-load them to see a preview of the font?
thesimon on HN
Requests
Font size and font weight controls
From 3 comments
Surprisingly nice tool, thanks! One seemingly major feature missing: ability to change the font size.
egorfine on HNGreat! Would be nice if you could set the font weight.
acnops on HNWould be great if the font weight could also be changed then!
ylere on HN
Preview a grid of many fonts at once
From 2 comments
I would love this if it had the option to preview say 40 fonts at once? I don't know what specific font I want, so I was having to manually search for one, select a random one,…
davidweatherall on HNFirst, I love what you're doing here. I'd like to use it, but there is something stopping me: when I have lots of options, I need an easy way to compare them. I would so much…
SiVal on HN
PNG download for all sizes with manifest
From 1 comment
Hi, You can check the browser supports on https://caniuse.com/link-icon-svg You can download the PNG version to create favicon for older browsers, but it's something we'll cover…
hosshams on HN
Custom font upload
From 1 comment
This would be great if I can upload & select my own fonts, or to have other fonts than Roboto. That would truly allow multiple character-favicon variants from one site, which…
pcr910303 on HN
Squircle shape option
From 1 comment
It would be nice to add a 'Squircle' option.
yokto on HN
Questions
How SVG favicon support works across browsers and non-browser apps
From 3 comments
Hmm, this is very neat and elegant! But how well is svg (or data:) favicons supported in random non-strictly-browser context, like password managers, or some link…
scoopr on HNI was first a bit hesitant to embed a letter using a custom font in an SVG, but then I saw it actually creates a path. So it will look the same everywhere and not depend on a…
matsemann on HNFor some reason CanIUse only covers SVG favicons if linked in as an external file (as the bottom code sample on the original site does): https://caniuse.com/link-icon-svg…
petercooper on HN
Whether the favicon set still needs many link tags
From 2 comments
I was first a bit hesitant to embed a letter using a custom font in an SVG, but then I saw it actually creates a path. So it will look the same everywhere and not depend on a…
matsemann on HNAll of these are still required to cover bases across devices and apps. I think. I just use https://realfavicongenerator.net/ which keeps things relatively easy.
sunsetMurk on HN
Alternatives named
realfavicongenerator.net
From 1 comment
All of these are still required to cover bases across devices and apps. I think. I just use https://realfavicongenerator.net/ which keeps things relatively easy.
sunsetMurk on HN
Free SVG favicon generators
From 1 comment
I was looking for something like this (Free+less faf svg generator)
atlasV on HN