Openstreetmap-carto: Adding icon for shop=tea

[Jotam]

The tag shop=tea is now coming very close to 2000 instances. I would like to suggest two options:

1) - SVG
2) - SVG

Let me know what you think.

[kocio-pl]

I'm thinking about old type kettle for shop=houseware (3,3k), but I guess the shape will be distinct enough and turned left - so I choose 1).

BTW: Please upload the icon propositions in 14px matrix, because shape may be great when bigger, but may not work at standard osm-carto rendering (like lobster).

[aceman444]

It could be a tea bag (the small one put into the glass/pot).

[polarbearing]

A tea shop is normally proud of selling loose leaf tea, not the dust that is swiped off the floor and put into tea bags.

[Jotam]

Exactly my thoughts, @polarbearing. :-) I had in fact thought about a tea bag as a symbol. It's what they use in JOSM after all. But at least here in Germany, you simply don't find tea bags in a tea shop. It's almost like a deli shop. You only go there if you're looking for something special or of particular high quality.

[Jotam]

@kocio-pl: Would you be able to provide a sample rendering with the tea pot? Thanks!

[kocio-pl]

You should test the shape on 14px matrix from the beginning - now it doesn't look so good and is harder to recognize for me:
1)

[meased]

Is there anything wrong with just reusing the cafe icon?

[kocio-pl]

Which one do you mean? amenity=cafe?

[meased]

Yeah. The cup icon.

[Jotam]

Well, the fact that it's not a cafe. I believe this would be very confusing. The tea pot might be more distinct for tea. I re-worked the SVG and tried to make it less sophisticated. Let's try this:
3) - SVG

[dieterdreist]

2016-09-16 10:19 GMT+02:00 Jotam [email protected]:

Well, the fact that it's not a cafe. I believe this would be very
confusing. The tea pot might be more distinct for tea.

+1, teapot is the typical icon for tea shops, very recognizable, the cafe
icon would be highly confusing

[kocio-pl]

I had to resize the image, because it was still 15 px wide (not 14 px). Here's the result:

Pretty good for me, but I would try make the spout longer.

[dieterdreist]

2016-09-18 23:26 GMT+02:00 kocio-pl [email protected]:

Pretty good for me, but I would try make the spout longer.

+1, and the whole pot a bit flatter, maybe the top "knob" could be slightly
less high as well.

[Jotam]

Alright, spout reaches higher up, knob is flatter, pot itself is just a little bit "compressed".
4) - SVG