New system is synonymous with new features, features and, of course, renewed look. With that in mind, Apple has significantly updated its design tools in the iOS 13 for developers and designers to create “consistent, usable and visually pleasing applications”. One of the biggest news in this regard is a new symbol library called SF Symbols.
Properly packaged in an app called SF Symbols, this library is practically a paradise for Apple vector symbols, with more than 1,000 highly configurable items that were designed to integrate with the official iOS source, San Francisco. These symbols can be used in apps for iOS 13, iPadOS 13, watchOS 6 and tvOS 13.
All symbols have nine variations ranging from lighter to darker tones, allowing developers to accurately match the variation in tones between the symbols and the surrounding text.
Each symbol is also available in three scales: small, medium and large. The scales are defined in relation to the height of the San Francisco system source limit. When specifying a scale, you can adjust the emphasis of a symbol compared to the text.
Scale of Apple symbolsYou can use SF Symbols to represent tasks and content in a variety of locations, such as navigation bars, toolbars, guide bars, menus and shortcuts on the home screen. For the rest of your application, you can use a symbol anywhere you can use an image.
Apple also said that developers could create a new symbol if SF Symbols doesn’t have a specific model. To do this, simply export a symbol that is similar to the desired design and modify it using a vector editing tool, such as the Adobe Illustrator Draw app, inserting the new icon in the same way as you would with the original model.
New York New Font
Apple also introduced a new serif font for its systems called new York – a WWDC19 session that will take place on June 6 will delve into the specifics of what’s new in Apple’s sources.
In other Apple font news: Apple’s new serif type series, New York, is now available. It has 6 weights (Regular through Black), 4 optical sizes (Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large), and matching italics.https: //t.co/RMCTCm5IvK pic.twitter.com/Ujryns7OjS
– Nick Sherman (@NickSherman) June 4, 2019
Other news about Apple sources: Apple’s new serif series, New York, is now available. It has 6 variations (Regular to full black), 4 optical sizes (small, medium, large, extra large) and corresponding in italics.
It is worth noting, however, that Apple’s terms of use indicate that the new font can only be used to “create user interface models” for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. Apple itself has already used the new font in the app Books (Books), as designer Sean Hurley pointed out.
They use it in the Books app pic.twitter.com/K2fll9vr8Y
– Sean Hurley (@sean_hurleyy) June 3, 2019
They used it in the Books app.
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via 9to5Mac, DesignTAXI
