Font-GIS icons
gis · 367 icons · by Jean-Marc Viglino · CC-BY-4.0 · single-color · Updated
Font-GIS icons is a free, open source icon set with 367 SVG icons by Jean-Marc Viglino, released under the CC BY 4.0 license. The icons are single-color: they follow your text color (currentColor) and can be recolored with CSS.
Font-GIS 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 | 100 × 100 |
|---|---|
| viewBox | 0 0 100 100 |
| Drawing area | Full canvas, no padding |
| Drawing style | Filled shapes |
| Corner radius | 2.5 |
| Colors | One color (currentColor), recolorable with CSS |
| Coordinates | Up to 3 decimals |
| Straight lines | 51% horizontal or vertical, 6% at 45° |
| Curves | 67% of drawing commands |
| Symmetry | 16% of icons are left-right symmetric |
| Elements per icon | 1.4 |
| Drawing commands per icon | 106 |
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 Font-GIS by Jean-Marc Viglino, licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://github.com/Viglino/font-gis/blob/main/LICENSE-CC-BY.md
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 "Font-GIS" icon set (Iconify prefix "gis") by Jean-Marc Viglino.
Style: filled, solid, monochrome.
Canvas
- Root: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100">.
- Draw edge to edge: icons use the full canvas with no padding.
- A typical icon's bounding box covers 87% of the canvas.
Drawing
- Filled icons: draw closed filled shapes; don't use strokes.
- Round corners with a radius of about 2.5.
Geometry
- Coordinates are free-form; write at most 3 decimals.
- Straight lines: 51% horizontal or vertical, 6% at 45 degrees.
- About 67% of drawing commands are curves or arcs.
- Keep it simple: about 1 element and 106 drawing commands per icon.
- Elements used by the set: path.
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 Font-GIS icons
The set is organised into 1 categories, including (367).
Popular Font-GIS icons include layer o, poi o, bbox, flag start, location arrow o and polygon.
Open any icon to copy it as SVG, JSX, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Astro or CSS, or download it as SVG or PNG. Font-GIS icons are released under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the author.
Font-GIS icons by category
icons (367)
How to use Font-GIS icons
Every icon on this page works in any framework. Examples use gis:layer-o; 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="gis:layer-o" width="24" />Vue
<script setup>
import { Icon } from "@iconify/vue";
</script>
<template>
<Icon icon="gis:layer-o" width="24" />
</template>Svelte
<script>
import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
</script>
<Icon icon="gis:layer-o" width="24" />Tailwind CSS
<!-- @iconify/tailwind plugin -->
<span class="icon-[gis--layer-o]"></span>UnoCSS
<!-- @unocss/preset-icons + @iconify-json/gis -->
<div class="i-gis:layer-o"></div>Web component
<script src="https://code.iconify.design/iconify-icon/2.1.0/iconify-icon.min.js"></script>
<iconify-icon icon="gis:layer-o"></iconify-icon>HTML image
<img src="https://iconyz.com/api/public/svg/gis/layer-o.svg" alt="Layer O icon" width="24" height="24">Font-GIS icons FAQ
Are Font-GIS icons free for commercial use?
Yes. Font-GIS icons are released under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the author.
How many icons are in Font-GIS icons?
Font-GIS icons contains 367 icons across 1 categories.
What license do Font-GIS icons use?
Font-GIS icons are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The full license text is available at https://github.com/Viglino/font-gis/blob/main/LICENSE-CC-BY.md.
Who made Font-GIS icons?
Font-GIS icons are created by Jean-Marc Viglino.
How do I use Font-GIS icons in React?
Install @iconify/react and render <Icon icon="gis:layer-o" />, or open any icon on this page and copy it as a standalone React component.