8 plain-English guides
Practical icon guides
Step-by-step help for using icons in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, website builders and landing pages, plus icon licences explained in plain English.
How to change icon colour
Change an icon’s colour in PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, Canva, Figma or CSS. Why SVG recolours and PNG does not, plus brand colours and contrast.
How many icons does a website need?
How many icons a website needs, with rule-of-thumb ranges for business sites, blogs, shops, SaaS apps and dashboards, the core 30 icons, and when to add text labels.
Icons on a resume
Icons can make a resume easier to scan, but ATS software may skip them. How to add icons safely in Word, Google Docs and Canva, at the right size for print.
The best free icon libraries in 2026
A fair, plain-English look at 10 free icon libraries in 2026: Font Awesome, Material Symbols, Lucide, Tabler, with icons and more, plus how to choose.
Icons in PowerPoint, Slides and Keynote
Add icons to PowerPoint, Google Slides and Keynote the right way: SVG or PNG, recolouring, sizing, alignment and simple layouts that make slides look professional.
Free icons and commercial use
Can you use free icons in commercial work? MIT, ISC, Apache 2.0, CC BY, CC0, SIL OFL, Flaticon and Icons8 licenses explained in plain English, with a decision table.
Icons on landing pages
Use icons on a landing page the way good designers do: feature grids, icon + headline + one line, one style and size, when to go bold, and accessibility basics.
Add icons to your website
Add free icons to WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Framer, Shopify or HTML: which file to upload, SVG support per platform, and quick fixes.