So, I've checked with the artist who did the original toolbar icon set for
AbiWord, and here's what he had to say.
Paul
>Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 01:16:26 +0300 (EEST)
>From: Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert@gimp.org>
>X-Sender: tigert@interaktiivinen.satama.saunalahti.fi
>Reply-To: Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert@gimp.org>
>To: Paul Rohr <paul@abisource.com>
>Subject: Re: question about toolbar icons for AbiWord
>
>On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Paul Rohr wrote:
>
>>Last fall you gave us a bunch of cool toolbar icons to use in AbiWord, and
>>I've got a quick question about how you made them.
>>
>>We've had a bunch of people translating the UI to various European
>>languages, and they keep complaining that the "Bold" icon in, say, French,
>>shouldn't be labelled with a fat B. People seem willing to create their
own
>>icons with the right letter, but they keep asking:
>>
>> - what font and size should they use for these icons?
>
>I think the font was New Century Schoolbook, but I basically ended doing
>it by hand. IMHO it might be best if it was just different forms of the
>letter A ?
>
>Greetings to the do0dz :)
>
>Tuomas
>