Icons
Material Symbols
The Material Symbols (Sharp style) icon set can be used for web and digital applications.
How to use Material Symbols icons
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In a CMS dropdown menu or text field
- Search for an appropriate icon from the Material Symbols web page.
- If you use the Filters menu, ensure that Material Symbols and Sharp are selected in the Style section.
- If you use the Filters menu, ensure that Material Symbols and Sharp are selected in the Style section.
- Click on the icon; a sidebar menu will open on the right hand side.
- Select the Android tab (ignore the Android Studio instructions link). Copy the icon code name.
- Enter this code name in the CMS text field or dropdown menu (note that dropdown menus may contain legacy icon names; these can be ignored/replaced).
- Search for an appropriate icon from the Material Symbols web page.
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Embedding in inline body content (HTML knowledge required)
- Search for an appropriate icon from the Material Symbols web page.
- If you use the Filters menu, ensure that Material Symbols and Sharp are selected in the Style section.
- If you use the Filters menu, ensure that Material Symbols and Sharp are selected in the Style section.
- Click on the icon; a sidebar menu will open on the right hand side.
- In the Web tab, scroll down to the code block labelled Inserting the icon. Copy the HTML code.
- In the CMS WYSIWYG editor, select the Source Code icon and paste the code into the appropriate spot. If you need assistance with this, please contact webteam@ontariotechu.ca.
- Search for an appropriate icon from the Material Symbols web page.
Custom icons
OT Icon set
Custom icons will no longer be created except in the case of brand-related graphics. The majority of custom icons with a prefix of "icon_" have been retired or mapped to an equivalent icon in the Material Symbols icon set. The following Ontario Tech brand elements, external logos and legacy icons are the only custom icons that should be used.
Ontario Tech brand and identities
icon_book_ot
icon_chevron_right
icon_iecs-bear
icon_feather
icon_paw
Social media and external logos
icon_canvas
icon_cc_mastercard
icon_cc_visa
icon_social_facebook
icon_social_instagram
icon_social_linkedin
icon_social_snapchat
icon_social_tiktok
icon_social_twitter
icon_social_youtube
icon_social_x
Legacy custom icons
icon_atom
icon_curling
icon_diploma
icon_easel
icon_pi