--- 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 - Merges the former EBI-Social, EBI-Generic, EBI-Functional - Key mapping for the old EBI-Social and EBI-Generic have changed (see mappings below) - EBI-Functional key mappings have not changed - Adds non-redundant icons from Font Awesome 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}}

Using these fonts

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.

On a 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. This is the old EBI-Social, EBI-Generic, EBI-Functional and Font Awesome icons
  • Conceptual: icons for things like "DNA", "Chemical biology' and "Ontologies"
  • Species: where you can find an icon for yeast.
  • Chemistry: you guessed it.
  • Legacy Functional: icons for "compare", "align", "approve", "download" and so forth.
  • Legacy Generic: icons for things like "info", "New", "link" and "location".
  • Legacy Social Media: handily enough, the Social Media font has icons for... social media!

Need help?

Head to the issue queue

Need a new icon?

If you're in need of an icon for a squirrel, bucket, or something useful: Request an icon

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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