If necessary, add padding to a custom interface icon to achieve optical alignment. Unless you want to emphasize either the icons or the text, using the same weight for both gives your content a consistent appearance and level of emphasis. In general, match the weights of interface icons and adjacent text. and use the same stroke weight in every icon. To help achieve visual consistency, adjust individual icon sizes as necessary. Depending on the visual weight of an icon, you may need to adjust its dimensions to ensure that it appears visually consistent with other icons. Whether you use only custom icons or mix custom and system-provided ones, all interface icons in your app should use a consistent size, level of detail, stroke thickness (or weight), and perspective. Maintain visual consistency across all interface icons in your app. In general, icons work best when they use familiar visual metaphors that are directly related to the actions they initiate or content they represent. Strive for a simple, universal design that most people will recognize quickly. Too many details can make an interface icon confusing or unreadable. Best practicesД¬reate a recognizable, highly simplified design. Both interface icons and symbols use black and clear colors to define their shapes the system can apply other colors to the black areas in each image. You can design interface icons - also called glyphs or template images - or you can choose symbols from the SF Symbols app, using them as-is or customizing them to suit your needs.

Unlike app icons, which can use rich visual details like shading, texturing, and highlighting to evoke the appвЂ™s personality, an interface icon typically uses streamlined shapes and touches of color to communicate a straightforward idea. An effective icon is a graphic asset that expresses a single concept in ways people instantly understand.ДЄpps and games use a variety of simple icons to help people understand the items, actions, and modes they can choose.

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