Famicons
famicons · 1,342 icons · by Family · MIT · single-color · 32px grid · Updated
Famicons is a free, open source icon set with 1,342 SVG icons by Family, 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 32px grid and scale cleanly as SVG.
Famicons design specs
- outline and filled
- monochrome
- rounded
The drawing rules of this set, measured from its SVG files. Use them to design new icons that match it.
| Canvas | 512 × 512 |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 512 512 |
| Drawing area | 448 × 448, 32 padding |
| Drawing style | Mixed outline and fill |
| Stroke width | 32 |
| Line ends | Round |
| Line joins | Round |
| Corner radius | 16 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 43% horizontal or vertical, 14% at 45° |
| Curves | 55% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 33% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 1.7 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 20 |
Measured from 63 icons of this set.
AI icon generation
The license allows new icons derived from this set.
- Credit the original authors.
Credit line: Based on Famicons by Family, licensed under MIT. https://github.com/familyjs/famicons/blob/main/LICENSE
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 "Famicons" icon set (Iconify prefix "famicons") by Family.
Style: mixed outline and fill, monochrome, rounded.
Iconify describes the set as: Precise Shapes, Has Padding.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512">.
- Keep the drawing inside a 448x448 live area: about 32 units of padding on every side (never less than 0).
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 66% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Icons mix strokes and filled shapes (fill 59%, stroke 33%, mixed 8%).
- stroke-width="32" (widths used: 32 38%, 48 3%).
- stroke-linecap="round", stroke-linejoin="round".
- Round corners with a radius of about 16.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 43% horizontal or vertical, 14% at 45 degrees.
- About 55% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 2 elements and 20 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path, circle, rect.
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 Famicons
Popular Famicons include backspace outline, home sharp, bluetooth outline, glasses sharp, resize and funnel sharp.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Famicons are released under the MIT license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How to use Famicons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use famicons:backspace-outline; 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="famicons:backspace-outline" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="famicons:backspace-outline" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="famicons:backspace-outline" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[famicons--backspace-outline]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/famicons -->
<div class="i-famicons:backspace-outline"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="famicons:backspace-outline"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/famicons/backspace-outline.svg" alt="Backspace Outline icon" width="24" height="24">Famicons FAQ
Are Famicons free for commercial use?
Yes. Famicons are released under the MIT license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects.
How many icons are in Famicons?
Famicons contains 1,342 icons.
What license do Famicons use?
Famicons are licensed under MIT. The full license text is available at https://github.com/familyjs/famicons/blob/main/LICENSE.
Who made Famicons?
Famicons are created by Family.
How do I use Famicons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="famicons:backspace-outline" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.
What size are Famicons?
Famicons are designed on a 32px grid. As SVGs they scale to any size without losing quality.