![]() ![]() Now, I can quickly find the right icon library - and I’m sharing my collection with you. That’s why I started a reference spreadsheet to keep track of quality icon libraries as I discovered them. I’ve wasted so much time searching for the right icon for website design projects, graphic design projects, and even brand style guide designs - it’s painful and it erodes profit margins too! When you know you want to use icons in your design, but can’t quite find the right icon style or can’t find all of the icons you need in the same style, it can be incredibly frustrating. With that said, welcome to my running list of icon libraries! Free And Premium Icon Libraries Not everything needs an icon: consider a text label before adding an icon.Icons are used to emphasize meaning, not as a replacement.When using icons, keep the following principles in mind: Is the icon trying to represent too many ideas?.When considering icons for your website design, app design, or marketing materials design, consider the following considerations shared as part of GitHub’s Octicons project: For example, nearly everyone recognizes the icons for home (house), search (magnifying glass), mail (envelope), print (printer), edit (pencil), like (thumbs up), settings (gear) - and a user would be confused in the home icon on a website sudden was a highrise building.Ī good rule of thumb: If it takes longer than five seconds to identify an appropriate icon for something in your design, the icon will most likely struggle to effectively communicate its intended meaning.Ĭheck out History Of Icons for a fun and visual brief on icon history through different graphical user interfaces in different operating systems. Successful icon use leverages a common design language, sticking with recognizable, familiar icons to represent expected things. ![]() If that object, action, or idea is not immediately clear to users, the icon is reduced to mere eye candy - confusing, frustrating, eye candy - and to visual noise that hinders people from completing a task.” Due to the absence of standard usage for most icons, text labels are necessary to communicate the meaning and reduce ambiguity Icons are, by definition, a visual representation of an object, action, or idea. “A user’s understanding of an icon is based on previous experience. The clean look and feel a design achieves by using an icon rather than a text label might look good, but if that design decision is made at the expense of clear user understanding and ease of use, it’s not a successful design. Unfortunately, not all icon implementation is done well. When implemented well, icons can enhance usability. At the right size, they’re also easy to interact with using a finger or a cursor. Icons are a popular, compact design tool used to improve visual interest, grab attention, communicate an idea quickly, and lead users through a design. ![]()
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