SF Symbols 3
Award: Yellow Pencil
Yellow Pencil / Type Design / Multi-Style / 2022
SF Symbols 3 features over 600 new symbols, including localised variants across eight scripts. New rendering modes provide greater control over how colour is applied to symbols, while hierarchical rendering adds depth and emphasis using a single tint colour, which is automatically applied in varying levels of opacity. Palette rendering also allows symbols to be customised with multiple contrasting colours. An updated SF Symbols app offers a new inspector, image export options and improved support for custom symbols.
What did the judges have to say?
"In the age of diversity, when the need for collaboration gains momentum, Apple’s SF Symbols 3 hits all the right notes. Its unprecedented variety of over 600 new symbols and localised variants provides this extremely well-engineered new library of highly detailed iconography with the ability to communicate the user’s emotions in all languages and notions. The collection’s extremely friendly, almost handcrafted, appearance and colourful palette bring a much-needed optimism to the system’s universal language while its state-of-the-art customisation options enhance its truly global appeal. SF Symbols 3 encapsulates Apple’s community spirit that calls for a world bond in unity – a type design achievement indeed."
Panos Vassiliou, Type Designer, Parachute
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