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Font Awesome vs Material Symbols
How the two compare on license, platforms and what the community thinks.
Key differences
- Font Awesome is freemium; Material Symbols is open source.
| Feature | Font Awesome | Material Symbols |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The web's most popular icon toolkit | Google's variable icon font |
| License | Freemium | Open source |
| Web | ||
| Windows | ||
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| Self-hosted | ||
| Rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Alternatives listed | 8 | 8 |
| Page views | 21 | 20 |
About Font Awesome
A huge icon library with a free tier and Pro sets.
About Material Symbols
Thousands of icons with adjustable weight, fill, grade and size. Apache-2.0 licensed.
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