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An icon is a literal, visual representation of the thing it represents, whereas a symbol can be a more abstract representation of something. The variable version of the material icons font, combining over 2,000 glyphs into a single font file with a wide range of design variants. Material icons is an icon font useful for implementing google's material design language.
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Making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography Making the web more beautiful, fast, and open through great typography A font that exclusively contains icon glyphs rather than alphanumeric glyphs.
Material symbols are our newest icons consolidating over 2,500 glyphs in a single font file with a wide range of design variants.