[Bug 76473] Icons don't conform to a proper grid.

[brettalton]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: desktop-base

Desktop icons need to conform to a proper 48px x 48px (or whatever the
preferred dimension is) grid. The shortcuts seem to easily overlap each
other, and the text is squished together when they are placed side-by-
side. In reference to Web Development or Media Printing, the icons need
more padding.

At the moment, icons can not be place directly side-by-side without text
overlapping (such as "michael's Home" and "Computer", the "er" in
"Computer" and the "mi" in "michael's Home" overlap and make the name
unreadable. In the screenshot I attached, I have "brett's Home" and you
can easily imagine what one more character would do to the spacing
between "Computer" and the home icon.

Also, placing icons vertically, they don't seem to have the freedom to
move 2px up or down, but rather only a already defined 5 or 6px, making
it hard to line the icons up.

If the icon sizes were all standardized (ie: 36px x 36px), and there was
an invisible grid for the icons to snap too, this problem would be
erased.

** Affects: desktop-base (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Icons don't conform to a proper grid.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/76473