| Icons also called as pictograms play a very important | | | | Icons are also termed as signs or symbols. Symbols |
| role in communication. Use of icons in designs and art | | | | are very commonly used as road signs. They are |
| is from centuries. Symbols use to play a very | | | | used in billboards, posters, wallpapers and various |
| important role in communication. It's a visual language. | | | | other forms of communication. |
| Icons are very much used on the internet. Especially | | | | The most popular style of icons is vista style icons. |
| website designing. They are used in the menu | | | | Vista style icons were used in windows applications. |
| sections of the website. For example a house symbol | | | | And it became hugely popular to be used in all the |
| represents a home icon and so on. It enhances the | | | | popular software programs and applications. |
| website page designs. | | | | Icons are must need for any website designer on |
| Icon can be of different styles and sizes. The | | | | the internet or any form of communication. They are |
| common format for icons is .png, .ico. eps. And the | | | | very important part in designs. Whether its banners, |
| common sizes are 16x16, 32x32, 48x48. Formats like | | | | posters or wallpapers. Icon packs are also available in |
| .eps can be scaled to any size. The common styles | | | | the form of fonts by various font design companies. |
| are rounded, aqua, glossy, vista icons, web 2.0 and | | | | Icon can be designed individually or in sets. The most |
| sketch icons. | | | | common sets are school icons, dog icons, education |
| Icon can be created using different vector programs. | | | | icons, finance icons, real estate icons, website icons, |
| The most popular are adobe illustrator and corel | | | | folder icons and software icons. The use of icons in |
| draw. Adobe illustrator provides more tools and | | | | software and applications has enhanced the visual of |
| scope for creativity. This software allows icons to be | | | | all the software applications. |
| exported in various different common formats. | | | | |