Re: Looking for 'letter' icons, or a way of creating them easily

On 2026-07-03 22:13, Chris Green wrote:
> I want some simple icons to use in a launcher in my XFCE panel. All I
> want is some letters of the alphabet - an icon containing a single
> letter.
> I can't find a free source of such icons at the moment, can anyone
> point me at one? Are there any Debian packages dedicated to icons?

Emojipedia has 512x512 pixel transparent-background PNG renderings of 
many emoji designs, including the open source Google Noto Color Emoji. I 
find it a most useful resource.

All letters are available as regional indicator symbol emoji:
<https://emojipedia.org/google/17.0/regional-indicator-symbol-letter-a>
<https://em-content.zobj.net/source/google/439/regional-indicator-symbol-letter-a_1f1e6.png>

> Alternatively is there a simple way of creating an icon in .png format
> using a drawing program? I know I spent quite a while some time some
> time ago trying to create icons but I didn't do very well.

I use and recommend Inkscape for creating icons. I make a 512x512 pixel 
document and export to PNG with an opaque or transparent background. You 
can obtain letters in any font, of any size or weight or colour, using 
the Inkscape text tool. I do not think Inkscape supports emoji fonts but 
that will not be a problem if you only want letters.

Kind regards,