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Google Fonts offers two collections as icon fonts: Material Icons and Material Symbols. The Material Symbols font is the variable version of the Material Icons font, combining over 2,000 glyphs into a single font file with a wide range of design variants, adjusted by variable axes.

![On the left, four horizontal sliders to control the variable axes Weight, Fill, Grade, and Optical Size. On the right, a glyph from the Material Symbols font, affected by each control.](images/thumbnail.svg)

Both Material Icons and Material Symbols support three styles: Outlined, Rounded, and Sharp. Material Icons also supports a two-tone and a filled version. However, the variable axes in Material Symbols allow for further refinement. The axes allow you to vary weight, fill, optical size, and grade. This fine level of control allows the icons to be adjusted to perfectly match any type they might sit alongside.

Material Symbols can also be incorporated into working design files thanks to the official Figma plugin.