{"id":1226,"date":"2013-03-22T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T09:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2021-11-05T08:51:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T08:51:13","slug":"free-icons-for-programs-and-webpages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/free-icons-for-programs-and-webpages\/","title":{"rendered":"Free icons for programs and webpages"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this blog thread<\/a> we wrote about a good program (Axialis IconWorkshop) that can be used for creating your own icons. An alternative for creating your own icons is to use ready-made icons instead. You can find many websites on the Internet that provide you with ready-made icons of high quality. These icons can be used both for a program and for a webpage. They can even often be used for blogs and newsletters etc. You can use many of the icons for free, i.e. they will not cost you anything, while other icons can be bought for a quite small amount of money.<\/p>\n

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Search engines that can find icons<\/strong>
\nThere are many good search engines that helps you to look for icons. One good example is IconFinder<\/a> that can be used for looking up both free icons and icons that you need to pay for. IconFinder contains a large selection of diverse icons. At the time of writing this blog thread there are 214 330 icons available in their database.<\/p>\n

Even websites like FindIcons<\/a> and IconArchive<\/a> offer many icons for both private and commercial purposes. Both the sites have embedded search engines that make it easy to locate icons of a certain category or look. In certain cases even Google image search can be used for looking up icons.<\/p>\n

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List of websites with free icons<\/strong>
\nThere is a large number of websites on the Internet that offer you beautiful and well-designed icons. Many of these icons can be used for free for both private and commercial purposes while others will cost you a little bit of money. The available icon formats usually are PNG, GIF, ICO and in some cases even PSD (Abode Photoshop) or BMP. Bellow you can find a list of links with some good websites that we recommend:<\/p>\n

1st Webdesigner \u2013 Web Design Blog \u2013 Over 30 icon sets for designers and developers.
\nCrystal Clear<\/a> \u2013 Icons from Crystal Clear set by Everaldo Coelho.
\nDry icons \u2013 Free icons<\/a> \u2013 Many professional icons. They can even design icons at your request.
\nFast icon<\/a> \u2013 Many icons with professional look. You can even create icons.
\nFree Icons Web<\/a> \u2013 Over 28 000 free icons and 950 icon sets.
\niCandies Icon Set<\/a> \u2013 60 free icons for your user interface or your app.
\nIconDock<\/a> \u2013 Free icon collections rated by users.
\nIconSpedia<\/a> \u2013 Contains many free icons of high class.
\nNoupe \u2013 Icons in PSD format, but for most of the icons there are even PNG images available.<\/p>\n

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Some icons require you to link from your homepage to their website or to the designers\u2019 website while others have no such specific demands. Before using an icon, check carefully its license terms of use.<\/p>\n

Shutterstock – for you who is willing to pay<\/strong>
\nFor you who is willing to pay a bit extra there is a website that we really can recommend –
\nShutterstock<\/a>. They have an enormous number of icons for commercial purposes and you will probably find every thinkable icon in their collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this blog thread we wrote about a good program (Axialis IconWorkshop) that can be used for creating your own icons. An alternative for creating your own icons is to use ready-made icons instead. You can find many websites on the Internet that provide you with ready-made icons of high quality. These icons can be … <\/p>\n

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