Tuesday 19 February 2013

Website to get Icons for any purpose

Whether you are a software developer, website designer or just a tech passionate, you would always need icons to use in the software you are developing or the website you are designing.



Here's the website that will come handy to you when you are in need of these icons. User interface cannot get simpler than this website. Just like Google homepage you would find a search box on the homepage where you can enter your query basis the kind of icon you are looking for. Let me quote an example for you:


  1. Open the website by click on this link - http://www.iconfinder.com/
  2. Enter the word "Arrow" in the search box and hit Enter or click the Lens icon available next to the search box
  3. Now you will find whole lot of icons showing various arrow designs 
  4. Clicking on any of the search results will open a preview of the icon with 3 options available to download the icon in PNG, ICON or ICNS format
  5. You can also download the icon in any of these formats from the search results page by clicking on the respective option available on the top left side of every icon on the search results page
  6. You would also find an "i" option on the bottom right of all icons on search results. Clicking on this will  give you the type of License of the particular icon, the designer's name, Size in pixels and the tags attached to those icons.
Do remember the icons are available to be used for personal and non-commercial usage however if you are looking forward to use a particular icon for Commercial Purposes then you may need to get a written approval from the designer of the icon.

Hope you found the post useful. Please feel free to leave your comments.