Web Icons: 10 Free High-Quality Resources
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Web Icons: 10 Free High-Quality Resources
So you’re getting started with designing your website and are planning to incorporate sections or applications such as a picture gallery, knowledge base, shopping cart, and so on…
Have you considered utilizing icons in your design? They’re an essential way of adding a visual reference that helps users navigate through your website faster (when paired with a descriptive title) with recognizable images that identify sections/applications.
For example, icons in cPanel:
Another bonus of utilizing icons is that you can get them FREE! There are numerous online resources for great quality icon libraries. And of course, if you want to take the extra step, you can purchase custom icons or create them yourself. So why not boost both your website’s usability and design all in one?
Here are 10 resources for free icon libraries:
Icon Finder
This is an icon search engine that allows you to search through over 140,000 icons or browse through almost 700 different icon sets.
Function’s Free Icon Set
This is a set of 128 free 48×48 pixel icons with a glossy look from Function Web Design & Development.
FreeIconsWeb
This is a database of over 20,000 free high quality icons for Windows, Mac and Linux Systems. There will only be a price for icons if used for commercial purposes.
Free Icons Download
This is another large database of high quality icons for Windows, Mac and Linux that can be used free of charge for personal and non-commercial use.
Creative Freedom’s Free Windows 7 Icons
Website and Icon design company, Creative Freedom, offers a free download of their “Shimmer” Windows 7 icon library.
The Working Group Retina Display Icon Set
This company provides a 147 piece icon set that is optimized for Retina Display. It’s available to use for both commercial and non-profit purposes.
Smashing Magazine “Coded” Icon Set
This is free icon set from Smashing Magazine features 25 high-quality icons ranging from 512×512 pixels to 32×32 pixels that was designed with web developers in mind.
Graphicpeel’s Credit Card Icon Pack
This free icon set from Graphicpeel consists of 35 miniature credit card icons that come in 32×32 pixels in PNG format.
iShift’s “SocialShift” Icon Set
This free icon set designed by Manuel Lopez for iShift consists of 246 free social networking/media icons in PNG format.
Webdesigntut+’s Kudos Icon Set
Web Design Tut+ offers this free 51 piece professional web icon set that are sized at 32×32 pixels that can be used for both personal and commercial use.
What’s your favorite icon set?
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