Favicons
Articles about favicons.
290 posts
How to Reduce Favicon Dimensions While Preserving Readability
Shrinking a logo into a favicon means redrawing it for small sizes. Learn how to simplify vector artwork, set padding and safe areas, handle type, export, and test the result.
SB Logo Design for Favicons: Building a Monogram That Works at Tiny Sizes
How to approach an SB monogram as a favicon: symbol selection, simplification for small sizes, vector versus raster files, and usage rights to check first.
Favicon Size for Blogger: What to Prepare and Why
What favicon size works for a Blogger blog, how a square raster icon relates to your vector logo, and which upload limits to confirm in your dashboard.
Converting SVG Favicon Elements to Paths
How to convert SVG favicon shapes, strokes and text into path elements, with code patterns for circles, rectangles and polygons, plus what conversion cannot do.
Favicon Best Practices: Choosing a Symbol That Survives at Tiny Sizes
Favicon best practices for picking the right logo element, simplifying vector artwork for small sizes, and preparing SVG and raster files that display reliably.
How to add favicon to website
Add a favicon with the right HTML link tags: ICO, SVG and PNG options, where the files go, how to change an existing icon and how to check that it worked.
SE Logo Design for Favicons: Choosing and Preparing an SE Monogram
How an SE monogram works as a favicon: when the two letters hold up at small sizes, how to pick the symbol, and how to deliver vector and raster files.
Bicycle Favicon: Designing a Vector Mark That Holds Up in Light and Dark Mode
How to design and deliver a bicycle favicon that stays legible at tiny sizes and works on light and dark browser tabs, from vector master to SVG and raster files.
Favicon design examples for websites
Common favicon design patterns, how a vector logo is refined for a 16- and 32-pixel grid, and which source and delivery files a website icon needs.
How to Set Up a Favicon in Symfony
Set up a favicon in Symfony: where to place ICO, PNG and SVG files, how to add link tags in Twig, how to check an SVG icon's construction, and what to check when the icon doesn't appear.
How to Add a Favicon in Angular
Add or replace a favicon in an Angular project: where the file goes, how index.html and angular.json reference it, how to verify it, and how to prepare logo artwork that reads at tiny sizes.
How to Choose a Placeholder Favicon for Your Website
A practical guide to choosing a temporary favicon: what makes a good placeholder, how to build it as a simple SVG with a raster fallback, and how to check it before launch.