Iconography
Symbology is often the strongest and fastest way to convey tribal or universal knowledge.
Icon Set
An icon set contains an arbitrary number of glyphs
Accessibility
Icons can represent accessibility standards
american sign language interpreting
assistive listening systems
audio description
blind
braille
closed captioning
closed captioning outline
deaf
low vision
phone volume
question circle
question circle outline
sign language
tty
universal access
wheelchair
Example
Arrows
Icons can be used to indicate a direction
angle double down
angle double left
angle double right
angle double up
angle down
angle left
angle right
angle up
arrow alternate circle down
arrow alternate circle down outline
arrow alternate circle left
arrow alternate circle left outline
arrow alternate circle right
arrow alternate circle right outline
arrow alternate circle up
arrow alternate circle up outline
arrow circle down
arrow circle left
arrow circle right
arrow circle up
arrow down
arrow left
arrow right
arrow up
arrows alternate
arrows alternate horizontal
arrows alternate vertical
caret down
caret left
caret right
caret square down
caret square down outline
caret square left
caret square left outline
caret square right
caret square right outline
caret square up
caret square up outline
caret up
cart arrow down
chart line
chevron circle down
chevron circle left
chevron circle right
chevron circle up
chevron down
chevron left
chevron right
chevron up
cloud download
cloud upload
download
exchange
expand arrows alternate
external alternate
external square alternate
hand point down
hand point down outline
hand point left
hand point left outline
hand point right
hand point right outline
hand point up
hand point up outline
hand pointer
hand pointer outline
history
level down alternate
level up alternate
location arrow
long arrow alternate down
long arrow alternate left
long arrow alternate right
long arrow alternate up
mouse pointer
play
random
recycle
redo
redo alternate
reply
reply all
retweet
share
share square
share square outline
sign-in
sign-out
sign-in alternate
sign-out alternate
sort
sort alphabet down
sort alphabet up
sort amount down
sort amount up
sort down
sort numeric down
sort numeric up
sort up
sync
sync alternate
text height
text width
undo
undo alternate
upload
zoom-in
zoom-out
Example