Use custom icon font for a cleaner design

public/css/fontello.css

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'fontello';
+  src: url('/fonts/fontello.eot?39973630');
+  src: url('/fonts/fontello.eot?39973630#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
+       url('/fonts/fontello.woff2?39973630') format('woff2'),
+       url('/fonts/fontello.woff?39973630') format('woff'),
+       url('/fonts/fontello.ttf?39973630') format('truetype'),
+       url('/fonts/fontello.svg?39973630#fontello') format('svg');
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-style: normal;
+}
+
+ [class^="icon-"]:before, [class*=" icon-"]:before {
+  font-family: "fontello";
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  speak: none;
+
+  display: inline-block;
+  text-decoration: inherit;
+  width: 1em;
+  text-align: center;
+
+  /* For safety - reset parent styles, that can break glyph codes*/
+  font-variant: normal;
+  text-transform: none;
+
+  /* fix buttons height, for twitter bootstrap */
+  line-height: 1em;
+
+  /* Font smoothing. That was taken from TWBS */
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+}
+
+.icon-help-circled:before { content: '\e800'; } /* '' */
+.icon-attention:before { content: '\e801'; } /* '' */
+.icon-comment:before { content: '\e802'; } /* '' */
+.icon-ok:before { content: '\e803'; } /* '' */
+.icon-link:before { content: '\e805'; } /* '' */
+.icon-calendar:before { content: '\e806'; } /* '' */
+.icon-location:before { content: '\e807'; } /* '' */
+.icon-down-open-1:before { content: '\e808'; } /* '' */
+.icon-picture-1:before { content: '\e809'; } /* '' */
+.icon-lock-circled:before { content: '\e80a'; } /* '' */
+.icon-down-open:before { content: '\e80b'; } /* '' */
+.icon-info-circled:before { content: '\e80c'; } /* '' */
+.icon-retweet-1:before { content: '\e80d'; } /* '' */
+.icon-search:before { content: '\e80e'; } /* '' */
+.icon-pin:before { content: '\e80f'; } /* '' */
+.icon-ok-circled:before { content: '\e810'; } /* '' */
+.icon-cog-2:before { content: '\e812'; } /* '' */
+.icon-thumbs-up-alt:before { content: '\f164'; } /* '' */

public/css/style.css

@@ -107,29 +107,19 @@ a:hover {
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
-.icon {
+.verified-icon {
     color: #fff;
+    background-color: #1da1f2;
     border-radius: 50%;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+    margin: 2px 0 3px 3px;
+    padding-top: 2px;
+    height: 12px;
+    width: 14px;
+    font-size: 8px;
     display: inline-block;
     text-align: center;
     vertical-align: middle;
-    flex-shrink: 0;
-    margin: 2px 0 3px 3px;
-}
-
-.verified-icon {
-    background-color: #1da1f2;
-    height: 14px;
-    width: 14px;
-    font-size: 10px;
-}
-
-.protected-icon {
-    background-color: #353535;
-    height: 18px;
-    width: 18px;
-    font-size: 12px;
-    font-weight: bold;
 }
 
 .tweet-date {
@@ -215,14 +205,14 @@ nav {
     height: 35px;
 }
 
-.site-about {
+.item.right a {
-    font-size: 17px;
+    font-size: 16px;
-    padding-right: 2px;
+    padding-left: 4px;
-    margin-top: -0.75px;
 }
 
-.site-settings {
+.item.right a:hover {
-    font-size: 18px;
+    color: #ffaca0;
+    text-decoration: unset;
 }
 
 .attachments {
@@ -902,12 +892,8 @@ video, .video-container img {
 }
 
 .quote-sensitive-icon {
-    font-size: 25px;
+    font-size: 40px;
-    width: 37px;
+    color: #909090;
-    height: 32px;
-    background-color: #4e4e4e;
-    padding-bottom: 5px;
-    margin: 0;
 }
 
 .card {
@@ -1119,3 +1105,7 @@ legend {
     margin-left: 6px;
     margin-top: 4px;
 }
+
+.icon-container {
+    display: inline;
+}

public/fonts/LICENSE.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Font license info
+
+
+## Entypo
+
+   Copyright (C) 2012 by Daniel Bruce
+
+   Author:    Daniel Bruce
+   License:   SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
+   Homepage:  http://www.entypo.com
+
+
+## MFG Labs
+
+   Copyright (C) 2012 by Daniel Bruce
+
+   Author:    MFG Labs
+   License:   SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
+   Homepage:  http://www.mfglabs.com/
+
+
+## Font Awesome
+
+   Copyright (C) 2016 by Dave Gandy
+
+   Author:    Dave Gandy
+   License:   SIL ()
+   Homepage:  http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/
+
+
+## Elusive
+
+   Copyright (C) 2013 by Aristeides Stathopoulos
+
+   Author:    Aristeides Stathopoulos
+   License:   SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
+   Homepage:  http://aristeides.com/
+
+

public/fonts/fontello.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<metadata>Copyright (C) 2019 by original authors @ fontello.com</metadata>
+<defs>
+<font id="fontello" horiz-adv-x="1000" >
+<font-face font-family="fontello" font-weight="400" font-stretch="normal" units-per-em="1000" ascent="850" descent="-150" />
+<missing-glyph horiz-adv-x="1000" />
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
+<glyph glyph-name="location" unicode="&#xe807;" d="M250 750q104 0 177-73t73-177q0-106-62-243t-126-223l-62-84q-10 12-27 35t-60 89-76 130-60 147-27 149q0 104 73 177t177 73z m0-388q56 0 96 40t40 96-40 95-96 39-95-39-39-95 39-96 95-40z" horiz-adv-x="500" />
+
+<glyph glyph-name="down-open-1" unicode="&#xe808;" d="M564 422l-234-224q-18-18-40-18t-40 18l-234 224q-16 16-16 41t16 41q38 38 78 0l196-188 196 188q40 38 78 0 16-16 16-41t-16-41z" horiz-adv-x="580" />
+
+<glyph glyph-name="picture-1" unicode="&#xe809;" d="M357 529q0-45-31-76t-76-32-76 32-31 76 31 76 76 31 76-31 31-76z m572-215v-250h-786v107l178 179 90-89 285 285z m53 393h-893q-7 0-12-5t-6-13v-678q0-7 6-13t12-5h893q7 0 13 5t5 13v678q0 8-5 13t-13 5z m89-18v-678q0-37-26-63t-63-27h-893q-36 0-63 27t-26 63v678q0 37 26 63t63 27h893q37 0 63-27t26-63z" horiz-adv-x="1071.4" />
+
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+
+<glyph glyph-name="down-open" unicode="&#xe80b;" d="M939 399l-414-413q-10-11-25-11t-25 11l-414 413q-11 11-11 26t11 25l93 92q10 11 25 11t25-11l296-296 296 296q11 11 25 11t26-11l92-92q11-11 11-25t-11-26z" horiz-adv-x="1000" />
+
+<glyph glyph-name="info-circled" unicode="&#xe80c;" d="M454 810q190 2 326-130t140-322q2-190-131-327t-323-141q-190-2-327 131t-139 323q-4 190 130 327t324 139z m52-152q-42 0-65-24t-23-50q-2-28 15-44t49-16q38 0 61 22t23 54q0 58-60 58z m-120-594q30 0 84 26t106 78l-18 24q-48-36-72-36-14 0-4 38l42 160q26 96-22 96-30 0-89-29t-115-75l16-26q52 34 74 34 12 0 0-34l-36-152q-26-104 34-104z" horiz-adv-x="920" />
+
+<glyph glyph-name="retweet-1" unicode="&#xe80d;" d="M714 11q0-7-5-13t-13-5h-535q-5 0-8 1t-5 4-3 4-2 7 0 6v335h-107q-15 0-25 11t-11 25q0 13 8 23l179 214q11 12 27 12t28-12l178-214q9-10 9-23 0-15-11-25t-25-11h-107v-214h321q9 0 14-6l89-108q4-5 4-11z m357 232q0-13-8-23l-178-214q-12-13-28-13t-27 13l-179 214q-8 10-8 23 0 14 11 25t25 11h107v214h-322q-9 0-14 7l-89 107q-4 5-4 11 0 7 5 12t13 6h536q4 0 7-1t5-4 3-5 2-6 1-7v-334h107q14 0 25-11t10-25z" horiz-adv-x="1071.4" />
+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+</font>
+</defs>
+</svg>

src/views/general.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import karax/[karaxdsl, vdom]
 
+import renderutils
 import ../utils, ../types
 
 const doctype = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n"
@@ -13,14 +14,15 @@ proc renderNavbar*(title: string): VNode =
       a(href="/"): img(class="site-logo", src="/logo.png")
 
       tdiv(class="item right"):
-        a(class="site-about", href="/about"): text "🛈"
+        icon "info-circled", title="About", href="/about"
-        a(class="site-prefs", href="/settings"): text "⚙"
+        icon "cog-2", title="Preferences", href="/settings"
 
 proc renderMain*(body: VNode; prefs: Prefs; title="Nitter"; titleText=""; desc="";
                  `type`="article"; video=""; images: seq[string] = @[]): string =
   let node = buildHtml(html(lang="en")):
     head:
-      link(rel="stylesheet", `type`="text/css", href="/style.css")
+      link(rel="stylesheet", `type`="text/css", href="/css/style.css")
+      link(rel="stylesheet", `type`="text/css", href="/css/fontello.css")
 
       title:
         if titleText.len > 0:
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ proc renderSearch*(): VNode =
     tdiv(class="search-panel"):
       form(`method`="post", action="search"):
         input(`type`="text", name="query", autofocus="", placeholder="Enter usernames...")
-        button(`type`="submit"): text "🔎"
+        button(`type`="submit"): icon "search"
 
 proc renderError*(error: string): VNode =
   buildHtml(tdiv(class="panel")):

src/views/profile.nim

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import strutils, strformat
 import karax/[karaxdsl, vdom, vstyles]
 
-import ../types, ../utils, ../formatters
 import tweet, timeline, renderutils
+import ../types, ../utils, ../formatters
 
 proc renderStat(num, class: string; text=""): VNode =
   let t = if text.len > 0: text else: class
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ proc renderProfileCard*(profile: Profile): VNode =
 
       if profile.location.len > 0:
         tdiv(class="profile-location"):
-          span: text "📍 " & profile.location
+          span: icon "location", profile.location
 
       if profile.website.len > 0:
         tdiv(class="profile-website"):
           span:
-            text "🔗 "
+            icon "link"
             linkText(profile.website)
 
       tdiv(class="profile-joindate"):
         span(title=getJoinDateFull(profile)):
-          text "📅 " & getJoinDate(profile)
+          icon "calendar", getJoinDate(profile)
 
       tdiv(class="profile-card-extra-links"):
         ul(class="profile-statlist"):
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ proc renderPhotoRail(profile: Profile; photoRail: seq[GalleryPhoto]): VNode =
   buildHtml(tdiv(class="photo-rail-card")):
     tdiv(class="photo-rail-header"):
       a(href=(&"/{profile.username}/media")):
-        text &"🖼 {profile.media} Photos and videos"
+        icon "picture-1", $profile.media & " Photos and videos"
 
     tdiv(class="photo-rail-grid"):
       for i, photo in photoRail:

src/views/renderutils.nim

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ import karax/[karaxdsl, vdom, vstyles]
 
 import ../types, ../utils
 
+proc icon*(icon: string; text=""; title=""; class=""; href=""): VNode =
+  var c = "icon-" & icon
+  if class.len > 0: c = c & " " & class
+  buildHtml(tdiv(class="icon-container")):
+    if href.len > 0:
+      a(class=c, title=title, href=href)
+    else:
+      span(class=c, title=title)
+
+    if text.len > 0:
+      text " " & text
+
 proc linkUser*(profile: Profile, class=""): VNode =
   let
     isName = "username" notin class
@@ -12,9 +24,10 @@ proc linkUser*(profile: Profile, class=""): VNode =
   buildHtml(a(href=href, class=class, title=nameText)):
     text nameText
     if isName and profile.verified:
-      span(class="icon verified-icon", title="Verified account"): text "✔"
+      icon "ok", class="verified-icon", title="Verified account"
     if isName and profile.protected:
-      span(class="icon protected-icon", title="Protected account"): text "🔒"
+      text " "
+      icon "lock-circled", title="Protected account"
 
 proc genImg*(url: string; class=""): VNode =
   buildHtml():

src/views/tweet.nim

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 import strutils, sequtils
 import karax/[karaxdsl, vdom, vstyles]
 
-import ../types, ../utils, ../formatters
 import renderutils
+import ../types, ../utils, ../formatters
 
 proc renderHeader(tweet: Tweet): VNode =
   buildHtml(tdiv):
     if tweet.retweet.isSome:
       tdiv(class="retweet"):
-        span: text "🔄 " & get(tweet.retweet).by & " retweeted"
+        span: icon "retweet-1", get(tweet.retweet).by & " retweeted"
+
     if tweet.pinned:
       tdiv(class="pinned"):
-        span: text "📌 Pinned Tweet"
+        span: icon "pin", "Pinned Tweet"
 
     tdiv(class="tweet-header"):
       a(class="tweet-avatar", href=("/" & tweet.profile.username)):
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@ proc renderGif(gif: Gif; prefs: Prefs): VNode =
         let thumb = gif.thumb.getSigUrl("pic")
         let url = gif.url.getSigUrl("video")
         if prefs.autoplayGifs:
-
           video(class="gif", poster=thumb, autoplay="", muted="", loop=""):
             source(src=url, `type`="video/mp4")
         else:
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ proc renderCard(card: Card; prefs: Prefs): VNode =
 
 proc renderStats(stats: TweetStats): VNode =
   buildHtml(tdiv(class="tweet-stats")):
-    span(class="tweet-stat"): text "💬 " & $stats.replies
+    span(class="tweet-stat"): icon "comment", $stats.replies
-    span(class="tweet-stat"): text "🔄 " & $stats.retweets
+    span(class="tweet-stat"): icon "retweet-1", $stats.retweets
-    span(class="tweet-stat"): text "👍 " & $stats.likes
+    span(class="tweet-stat"): icon "thumbs-up-alt", $stats.likes
 
 proc renderReply(tweet: Tweet): VNode =
   buildHtml(tdiv(class="replying-to")):
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ proc renderQuoteMedia(quote: Quote): VNode =
             tdiv(class="quote-badge-text"): text quote.badge
     elif quote.sensitive:
       tdiv(class="quote-sensitive"):
-        span(class="icon quote-sensitive-icon"): text "❗"
+        icon "attention", class="quote-sensitive-icon"
 
 proc renderQuote(quote: Quote): VNode =
   if not quote.available: