--- meta-title: EMBL-EBI Style Lab title: EMBL-EBI Icon fonts for the life sciences cta: EMBL-EBI has produced a robust set of icon fonts that represent actions and things common in our field, like databases; actions, like uploading; concepts, like gene expression; or platforms, like e-mail or Twitter. filter-nav: false filter-dropdowns: false layout: static location: /general/fonts/v1.3 framework-version: 1.3 icon-version: 1.3 ---
{{#markdown}} #### What's new in v1.3? This version brings the most user-facing changes in several years as we've added in far more "common" icons and simplified the font stack. The new EBI-Common font: - Is a set of generic utility icons; - Has icons from EBI-Social, EBI-Generic, EBI-Functional; and - Has icons from Font Awesome (key codes are the [same as those on Font Awesome's gallery](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free)). For more background on the new EBI-Common font, see the notes. There have also been a number of "under the hood" changes in v1.3. If you're a developer you can [read about those changes here](https://github.com/ebiwd/EBI-Icon-fonts/issues/21). {{/markdown}}

Use on a website

To use these on a website, include the fonts.css stylesheet listed below, and use the HTML code examples listed in the gallery further down the page.

Download to your computer

If your computer does not already have these fonts installed, use the links to download TTF files. Need help installing?

  • Common: icons for things like "info", "New", "link", "location", "compare", "align", "approve", "download", social media and so on.
  • Conceptual: icons for things like "DNA", "Chemical biology' and "Ontologies"
  • Species: where you can find an icon for yeast.
  • Chemistry: you guessed it.

Need an icon?

If you're in need of an icon for a squirrel, bucket, or something useful, email comms@ebi.ac.uk.

Just a bit of guidance?

For more information on using fonts with the EMBL-EBI Visual Framework and making the most of the framework, view the EBI Style Lab

Looking for "Corporate" fonts?

If you are making official EMBL-EBI documents, including slides and posters, it's best if you use Helvetica Neue Pro in your headings.

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