Evil Icons
ei · 70 icons · by Alexander Madyankin and Roman Shamin · MIT · single-color · 25px grid · Updated
Evil Icons is a free, open source icon set with 70 SVG icons by Alexander Madyankin and Roman Shamin, released under the MIT license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS. They are designed on a 25px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Evil Icons design specs
- filled
- monochrome
The drawing rules of this set, measured from its SVG files. Use them to design new icons that match it.
| Canvas | 50 × 50 |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 50 50 |
| Drawing area | 34 × 34, 8 padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 6.5 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 57% horizontal or vertical, 20% at 45° |
| Curves | 58% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 42% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 2.2 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 26 |
Measured from 62 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Evil Icons by Alexander Madyankin and Roman Shamin, licensed under MIT. https://github.com/evil-icons/evil-icons/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
Style guide for an LLM prompt (English)
Paste it into a prompt with a few icons from this set, then name the icon you want.
You draw new icons for the "Evil Icons" icon set (Iconify prefix "ei") by Alexander Madyankin and Roman Shamin.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Iconify describes the set as: Precise Shapes, Has Padding.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 50 50">.
- Keep the drawing inside a 34x34 live area: about 8 units of padding on every side (never less than 6).
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 35% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Round corners with a radius of about 6.5.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 57% horizontal or vertical, 20% at 45 degrees.
- About 58% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Prefer left-right symmetric shapes (42% of icons are symmetric).
- Keep it simple: about 2 elements and 26 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path, circle, g.
Color
- Monochrome: paint with currentColor only, never a fixed color.
Output
- Reply with one complete <svg> element and nothing else: no comments, <title>, ids or scripts.
- Match the examples: reuse their shapes for shared parts (arrow heads, people, documents, badges).
About Evil Icons
Popular Evil Icons include paperclip, like, arrow right, navicon, chevron right and chart.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Evil Icons are released under the MIT license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How to use Evil Icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use ei:paperclip; open an icon to copy its exact SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS code. For sizing, color and accessibility tips, read how to use SVG icons.
React
import { Icon } from "@iconify/react";
<Icon icon="ei:paperclip" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="ei:paperclip" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="ei:paperclip" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[ei--paperclip]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/ei -->
<div class="i-ei:paperclip"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="ei:paperclip"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/ei/paperclip.svg" alt="Paperclip icon" width="24" height="24">Evil Icons FAQ
Are Evil Icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Evil Icons are released under the MIT license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How many icons are in Evil Icons?
Evil Icons contains 70 icons.
What license do Evil Icons use?
Evil Icons are licensed under MIT. The full license text is available at https://github.com/evil-icons/evil-icons/blob/master/LICENSE.txt.
Who made Evil Icons?
Evil Icons are created by Alexander Madyankin and Roman Shamin.
How do I use Evil Icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="ei:paperclip" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Evil Icons?
Evil Icons are designed on a 25px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.