Inkscape Open Symbols

Symbol libraries are sets of SVG symbols located in one SVG document. For the more technical audience, Inkscape searches for any valid SVG file with symbols (<symbol> element) in your system configuration directory (typically share/inkscape)

Why use Inkscape Open Symbols?

Inkscape 0.91 includes just five example libraries: Logic Symbols, AIGA/DOT Transportation Symbols, Map Symbols, Flow Chart Shapes, and Word Balloons (made by Martin Owens and Tavmjong Bah).

Inkscape Open Symbols adds a whole lot more!

Which symbols are included in Inkscape Open Symbols?

The included symbols libraries so far are:

Google Material Design Icons

Google Material Design Action Set
Google Material Design Alert Set
Google Material Design AV Set
Google Material Design Communication Set
Google Material Design Content Set
Google Material Design Device Set
Google Material Design Editor Set
Google Material Design File Set
Google Material Design Hardware Set
Google Material Design Image Set
Google Material Design Maps Set
Google Material Design Navigation Set
Google Material Design Notification Set
Google Material Design Social Set
Google Material Design Toggle Set

(A live preview of this icon set is available at the Google Material Design github repo.)

Github Octicons GitHub's icon font

Humble UI A simple UX UI elements for your wireframes created by Xaviju

Ubuntu Suru Icon Set Suru is the icon theme of Ubuntu for phones and tablets. Thanks to mivoligo for converting them to inkscape symbols.

Ubuntu Suru Actions Set
Ubuntu Suru Apps Set
Ubuntu Suru Devices Set
Ubuntu Suru Mimetypes Set
Ubuntu Suru Status Set

Font Awesome Icons Font Awesome gives you scalable vector icons that can instantly be customized. With the collaboration of elhombretecla for converting them to inkscape symbols.

Gnome Icon Set Purpose of this icon theme is to extend the base icon theme that follows the Tango style guidelines for specific purposes. This would include OSD messages, panel system/notification area, and possibly menu icons.

Gnome Icons Action Set
Gnome Icons Apps Set

Automattic Genericons Genericons are vector icons embedded in a webfont designed to be clean and simple keeping with a generic aesthetic.

Taiga Icons Icon set from Taiga: a project management platform for agile developers & designers.

Open Iconic An open source icon set with 223 marks in SVG, webfont and raster formats

Entypo 411 carefully crafted premium pictograms by Daniel Bruce

Entypo Internet Icons ported from Entypo's Social Extension SVG Set by Jacques Laroche.

Weatherize A set of symbols for weather related events made by Jacques Laroche.

StateFace USA States Symbol Set with all 50 states plus D.C. and a wee continental U.S. map by StateFace. Thanks to cleversomeday

EmojiOne the first complete, independent, open-source emoji set.

Dashicons Dashicons, the WordPress admin icon font.

SJJB Map Icons by SJBB Management, a simple consistent set of vector icons suitable for cartographic use, created specifically to be used by Open Street Map. All icons are available in a square and in an inverted version.

SJJB Map Icons Accomodation Set
SJJB Map Icons Amenity Set
SJJB Map Icons Barrier Set
SJJB Map Icons Education Set
SJJB Map Icons Food Set
SJJB Map Icons Health Set
SJJB Map Icons Landuse Set
SJJB Map Icons Money Set
SJJB Map Icons Place of Worship Set
SJJB Map Icons POI Set
SJJB Map Icons Power Set
SJJB Map Icons Shopping Set
SJJB Map Icons Sport Set
SJJB Map Icons Tourist Set
SJJB Map Icons Transport Set
SJJB Map Icons Water Set

###Symbol sets licenses

Dashicons: GPL v2+
Emoji one: CC BY 4.0
Entypo: CC BY-SA 4.0
Font Awesome: SIL OFL 1.1
Genericons: GPL v2+
Gnome Icon Theme: CC BY SA 3.0
Google Material Design Icons: Apache 2.0
Humble UI: MIT
Open Iconic: MIT
SJJB Map Icons: CC0 Public Domain Dedication
StateFace: MIT
Taiga Icons: CC BY-SA 4.0
Github Octicons = MIT
Ubuntu Suru = GPL v3+
Wheatherize: CC BY-SA 4.0

Note: This repository contains multiple symbol sets with their own licenses. Using them requires you to be aware that you are subject to the license of the used symbol set. All symbol set licenses are listed in the README file and in their own file metadata. The LICENSE file refers to everything unrelated to the symbol sets.

How do I install Inkscape Open Symbols?

Grab the icon libraries you need by cloning the repo or downloading the ZIP. You can also save the SVG files to your system directly from github.
Copy the individual SVG files into your Inkscape config folder under the symbols folder. If it's not there, create it.

For OS X and Linux, the local user directory is ~/.config/inkscape/symbols.
For Windows, the directory is:
- %PROGRAMFILES%\Inkscape\share\symbols. (64 bits)
- %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Inkscape\share\symbols. (32 bits)

Launch Inkscape (close it first if it's already running).
Open Symbols from Object > symbols or press Ctrl+Shift+Y. You should see all icon sets in the "Symbol set" dropdown.

Available in Arch Linux and derivated through AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/inkscape-open-symbols-git/

How can I request new symbols?

Please fill out an issue and provide a SVG reference. If available and well created, it will be fast to generate.

Why not do it from the UI?

It is perfectly fine to use the Inkscape UI for library development, but they won't be as useful for developers as when they are well generated, minimized and packed for use in production development in some cases. Some icons need to be SVG processed in order to be fully useful for both for designers and developers.

If you don't need to use it for web development you can watch this cool UI creation video: Creating symbol libraries in Inkscape

How can I contribute?

Check the CONTRIBUTING guide. :D

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