Elegant icons
et · 100 icons · by Kenny Sing · GPL-3.0-or-later · single-color · 32px grid · Updated
Elegant icons is a free, open source icon set with 100 SVG icons by Kenny Sing, released under the GPL 3.0 license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS. They are designed on a 32px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Elegant 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 | 32 × 32 · 37% of icons |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 32 32 |
| Drawing area | Full canvas, no padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 0.5 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 72% horizontal or vertical, 10% at 45° |
| Curves | 64% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 29% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 2.2 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 54 |
Measured from 62 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
- Release derived icons under the same license (GPL-3.0-or-later).
Credit line: Based on Elegant by Kenny Sing, licensed under GPL 3.0. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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 "Elegant" icon set (Iconify prefix "et") by Kenny Sing.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Iconify describes the set as: Precise Shapes.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 32 32">.
- Draw edge to edge: icons use the full canvas with no padding.
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 100% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Wrap the shapes in <g fill="currentColor">, as 65% of the set does.
- Round corners with a radius of about 0.5.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 72% horizontal or vertical, 10% at 45 degrees.
- About 64% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 2 elements and 54 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path, g, circle.
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).
- The result is a derivative of GPL 3.0; it must be released under the same license.
About Elegant icons
Popular Elegant icons include profile female, ribbon, layers, tablet, scope and cloud.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Elegant icons are released under the GPL 3.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects; modified versions of the icon files must keep the same license. Note: this set is no longer actively maintained upstream.
How to use Elegant icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use et:profile-female; 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="et:profile-female" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="et:profile-female" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="et:profile-female" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[et--profile-female]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/et -->
<div class="i-et:profile-female"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="et:profile-female"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/et/profile-female.svg" alt="Profile Female icon" width="24" height="24">Elegant icons FAQ
Are Elegant icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Elegant icons are released under the GPL 3.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects; modified versions of the icon files must keep the same license.
How many icons are in Elegant icons?
Elegant icons contains 100 icons.
What license do Elegant icons use?
Elegant icons are licensed under GPL 3.0. The full license text is available at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
Who made Elegant icons?
Elegant icons are created by Kenny Sing.
How do I use Elegant icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="et:profile-female" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Elegant icons?
Elegant icons are designed on a 32px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.