SF Izimpawu Kuyithuluzi elisetshenziswa kakhulu abathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza endaweni ye-Apple, kodwa ayaziwa kubasebenzisi abangahleli, kodwa esingalisebenzisa nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ukuze "ukwenza ngokwezifiso" isithonjana esiyinqaba ku-Mac yethu ngendlela esiyithandayo.
Kungumtapo wolwazi omkhulu we Izithonjana eziklanywe yi-Apple, ukuze onjiniyela bakwazi ukuzisebenzisa ezinhlelweni zabo zokusebenza. Ngenhlanhla, inkampani ivumela noma yimuphi umsebenzisi ukuthi ayilande futhi ayisebenzise, ngaphandle kokuthi abe umthuthukisi osemthethweni wohlelo lwe-Apple. Manje isibuyekeziwe ngokwandisa ikhathalogi yayo yesithonjana.
Ku-WWDC 2021, i-Apple yethule uhlobo olusha lwekhathalogi yesithonjana se-SF Symbols 3, enezithonjana ezintsha ezingaphezu kuka-600. Ngemuva kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngoSepthemba, sekusanda kukhishwa isibuyekezo esisha, i Izimpawu ze-SF 3.1, okungagcini nje ngokuhlanganisa ezinye iziphazamisi, kodwa futhi kwengeza izithonjana ezengeziwe kuhlelo lokusebenza, ukuze zisetshenziswe futhi zijabulele abathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple.
Kulabo abangalwazi uhlelo olunjalo, Izimpawu ze-SF ziwumtapo wolwazi ongaphezu kwalokho Izimpawu ezingama-3.100 nezithonjana onjiniyela abangazisebenzisa kumaphrojekthi abo. Ngaphezu kwezithonjana ezintsha ezingama-600, i-SF Symbols 3 ifaka ngokwezifiso umbala ongcono nokusekelwa okuthuthukisiwe kwezimpawu zangokwezifiso.
Iwumtapo wezincwadi omkhulu onezithonjana ezihlukene ezingaphezu kuka-3.100. Yakhelwe ukuhlanganisa ngaphandle komthungo ne-San Francisco, umthombo wesistimu wamapulatifomu e-Apple. Izimpawu ziyangena osayizi abayisishiyagalolunye nezikali ezintathu, futhi aqondaniswe ngokuzenzakalela namalebula ombhalo. Angathunyelwa futhi ahlelwe kumathuluzi okuhlela ama-vector ukuze adale ngokukhululekile izimpawu zangokwezifiso.
Izimpawu ze-SF 3.1 zingalandwa kusayithi web ngu-Apple Developer. Itholakala kubo bonke abasebenzisi. Kudingeka eyodwa kuphela I-Mac ene-macOS Catalina noma kamuva ukufaka Izimpawu ze-SF 3, bese uqala ukusebenzisa izithonjana zayo.