Since back when I got my first Symbian device with theme support, I always had the problem with different icon styles of apps that destroy the immersion of an icon theme.

The only way to handle that problem seems to be hard coded "icon labels" beneath app icons. Of course those "icon labels" should be themeable too. Just the applications app icons shouldn't be able to change those "app labels".

I made a reference design where I included different app icon styles from Android, iOS and several other icons I found by google image search.

I really hope Nemo, Sailfish or any other OS picks this idea up!




And thats how it looks on different backgrounds with different icon styles: