bowling alley icon

[natslaughter]

bowling alley icon

use case
Icon to represent bowling alleys

tagging information
Maki field = { leisure: 'bowling_alley' }
OSM tag info for bowling alley

possible symbol concept
Bowling ball, pin, or combination?

[natslaughter]

going with a bowling ball & pin

for the symbol concept

next steps

• icon design refinement
• test icon on maps
• geometric cleaning & svg file preparation

[rasagy]

Took @natslaughter’s concept forward and worked on recreating the bowling pins, flipped the holes in the ball to fit well in the 11px icon and added a cut on the top of the pin with exaggerated negative space:

[natslaughter]

Per chat with @rasagy the 11-pixel icon: the ball squares off when it meets the pin on non-retina screens. By shaving off some of the ball, pixels would receive a lighter grey value so the ball feels more rounded.

[rasagy]

Here’s how the trimmed edges + solid pin looks like:

Previous iteration for comparison:

[natslaughter]

@rasagy after reviewing this new, 11-pixel icon iteration on a non-retina screen, I believe the new version does look more clear:

• the shaved ball does create a clear distinction between the ball and pin
• removing the pin's 'stripe,' helps in the overall pin silhouette.

Next steps: let's test this new 11-pixel along with the 15-pixel on a map.

[natslaughter]

@rasagy I noticed that in the 15 pixel icon, the pin neck looks segregated and I wonder if it's geometry should be extended/exaggerated so that it appears more unified

[natslaughter]

Here is the 11-pixel for context. It does not include the pin stripe, so the 15 pixel icon might also want to purge it's stripe

[rasagy]

@natslaughter I’ve been curious about the negative space for the holes not showing up in the map tests, and noticed that merging the shape using shape builder makes the holes barely visible in pixel preview. Is that just an Illustrator thing or expected? Wondering if exaggerating the holes would help the icon read better?

Top: Icon merged with shape builder, Middle: Icon without merging, Bottom: Exaggerated holes.

[tristen]

This happened https://github.com/mapbox/maki/blob/master/icons/bowling-alley-15.svg