Papirus Review

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Papirus is a free and open source SVG icon theme for Linux, based on Paper Icon Set with a lot of new icons and a few extras, like Hardcode-Tray support, KDE colorscheme support, Folder Color support, and others.
Android version available here.

Papirus icon theme is available in five variants:

Papirus
Papirus Dark
Papirus Light
ePapirus (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop only)
ePapirus Dark (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop only)

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Pros

Pro
Sharp, flat, and fresh

All icons look pleasing, especially with the Arc theme.

Pro
Familiar

Used on Lubuntu and BunsenLabs, for example.

Pro
Active development

Cons

Con
Under GNU GPL3

This limits the use elsewhere.

Con
Contrast issues / No border around icons

It makes the the fast and makes it simple to add more icons(since you can simply scale them) however the contrast is lost in some situations.

Con
No Ideas

It just copies the icon-syle from a different system.

Con
Just another material style copy

Con
Lacks icon for backintime

Backintime tray icon doesn't display on the panel because Papirus lacks the icon.

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Pros

Pro Sharp, flat, and fresh

Pro Familiar

Pro Active development

Cons

Con Under GNU GPL3

Con Contrast issues / No border around icons

Con No Ideas

Con Just another material style copy

Con Lacks icon for backintime

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