feat(icons): add lectern

[gurtt]

Closes #2021

What is the purpose of this pull request?

• [x] New Icon
• [ ] Bug fix
• [ ] New Feature
• [ ] Documentation update
• [ ] Other:

Description

Adds lectern icon.

Icon use case

From #2021 :

• For use with UI related to formal public speaking, e.g. debates, galas, commemorative events etc.
• For use with UI related to shows, e.g. comedy, standup, etc.
• For use as representation of an immobile alternative to the very generic mic-vocal icon.

Alternative icon designs

This design specifically depicts a lectern. Designs with a square base or platform should be separate pulpit and podium icons, respectively. Tags added since these terms are often confused.

Icon Design Checklist

Concept

• [x] I have provided valid use cases for each icon.
• [x] I have not added any a brand or logo icon.
• [x] I have not used any hate symbols.
• [x] I have not included any religious or political imagery.

Author, credits & license

• [x] The icons are solely my own creation.
• [ ] The icons were originally created in #<issueNumber> by @<githubUser>
• [ ] I've based them on the following Lucide icons:
• [ ] I've based them on the following design:

Naming

• [x] I've read and followed the naming conventions
• [x] I've named icons by what they are rather than their use case.
• [x] I've provided meta JSON files in icons/[iconName].json.

Design

• [x] I've read and followed the icon design guidelines
• [x] I've made sure that the icons look sharp on low DPI displays.
• [x] I've made sure that the icons look consistent with the icon set in size, optical volume and density.
• [x] I've made sure that the icons are visually centered.
• [x] I've correctly optimized all icons to three points of precision.

Before Submitting

• [x] I've read the Contribution Guidelines.
• [x] I've checked if there was an existing PR that solves the same issue.

[karsa-mistmere]

This design specifically depicts a lectern. Designs with a square base or platform should be separate pulpit and podium icons, respectively. Tags added since these terms are often confused.

I'm very much afraid you've have fallen victim to the same confusion (either that, or it's an Aussie thing). 😅

Lecterns were at some point started to be mistakenly called podiums (the confusion probably rising from a lectern also being placed on top of the podium for the speaker to read notes from) and by now this usage has been naturalised (much to my woe, but it's still an irrefutably prevalent usage, especially in the US). Pretty much the same thing happened to the word pulpit (although to a much lesser extent).

Lecterns themselves can be of pretty much any shape or size (short, tall, thin, wide), although the one you designed is most reminiscent of what is sometimes called a speaker stand (which is confusing in its own right, since the term "speaker stand" also refers to what electric speakers are placed on).

One thing is for sure: we won't be adding separate variants with various base widths since it's extremely unlikely for these variants to have legitimate use cases of their own, and should we add a podium icon, it will depict a sports podium, which again is a completely different kettle of fish.

This being said, I think it would be nice to explore some alternate designs, especially since I feel like lecterns with wide bases are much more the norm than flimsy speaker stands are. 🙂

[gurtt]

I suspect it may be an Aussie thing 😅 I asked a colleague about this and they confirmed what I had said so I suspect it varies by dialect.

In my original comment I should've said that the difference (as I/we understand it) between a lectern and a pulpit is that, essentially, you can hide behind a pulpit. They're larger and surround you to some extent usually, whereas a lectern is just a stand.

Either way, some alternate designs with heftier stands:

The second one is an example that's more front-on rather than slightly from-below, but it looks like a drink cup :/

[karsa-mistmere]

I suspect it may be an Aussie thing 😅 I asked a colleague about this and they confirmed what I had said so I suspect it varies by dialect.

In my original comment I should've said that the difference (as I/we understand it) between a lectern and a pulpit is that, essentially, you can hide behind a pulpit. They're larger and surround you to some extent usually, whereas a lectern is just a stand.

Either way, some alternate designs with heftier stands:

The second one is an example that's more front-on rather than slightly from-below, but it looks like a drink cup :/

I vote for the last one, I find that it's probably the most legible out of the two wide ones, to me that one immediately screams lectern.

[ericfennis]

I agree with @karsa-mistmere, the last one works well. @gurtt Can you post a 100% scale version?

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Added or changed icons

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Icon X-rays

Icons as code

Only working for: lucide-react, lucide-react-native, lucide-preact, lucide-vue-next

const LecternIcon = createLucideIcon('Lectern', [
  ["path",{"d":"M12 9V19"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M18 6V3A1 1 0 0 0 17 2H14"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M2.364 7.093a.762.762 0 0 1 .163-.752c.189-.215.485-.341.799-.341h17.348c.314 0 .61.126.799.341a.762.762 0 0 1 .163.752l-1.429 4.289c-.122.368-.515.622-.962.622L4.754 12c-.446 0-.839-.254-.961-.622L2.364 7.093Z"}],
  ["path",{"d":"M8 19H16"}]
])

[jguddas]

Could be sharper.

[karsa-mistmere]

Could be sharper.

What do you mean?

Edit: just to clarify, we'll be going with this design

[jguddas]

Could be sharper.

What do you mean?

Edit: just to clarify, we'll be going with this design

Can you push this, I'm not sure if it has the same sharpness problem?

[karsa-mistmere]

Could be sharper.

What do you mean? Edit: just to clarify, we'll be going with this design

Can you push this, I'm not sure if it has the same sharpness problem?

It wasn't my design but I've painstakingly recreated it in a mega-optimized version:

Open lucide studio

Edit: here's the 1x view: