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buttons? buttons have text on them. icons are little pictures. Icons can lead to action: the save (diskette) in MS word.
Why are icons used?
Icons break down language barriers, reinforce website content and are far more memorable than text alone. Icons illustrate while adding freshness to your web design. An icon can quickly sum up and express what a section of text is about by communicating the core idea in a visual way.
What is a logo icon called?
brand mark
A pictorial mark (sometimes called brand mark or logo symbol) is an icon—or graphic-based logo. It’s probably the image that comes to mind when you think “logo”: the iconic Apple logo, the Twitter bird, the Target bullseye.
What is the difference between a button and a badge?
As verbs the difference between badge and button. is that badge is to mark or distinguish with a badge while button is to fasten with a button.
A button is by definition interactive. You click on it and something happens. It may have pictures, words, or both. You can have an interactive icon which acts as a button, but if you click on a little ideogram and nothing happens, it’s not a button. An icon is a small image, a button is a GUI widget that responds to a mouse click.
Can a button be bigger than the cap height?
A word of caution: if the icon is only a little bit bigger than the cap-height, it will look unbalanced or like a mistake. It should either be approximately the same cap-height, or a lot bigger — avoid inbetweens. Icon buttons have no label and are only an icon.
An icon is representative of something. You can have a company newsletter with icons in the margin of each story representing HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, etc. A button is by definition interactive. You click on it and something happens.