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What does SF Symbols stand for?

SF Symbols are a set of over 2,400 symbols, or icons, curated by Apple. They’re designed to work well with the default system font on Apple devices called San Francisco. They provide an easy way to add iconography to your projects, as they come in a wide variety of sizes and weights.

Where can you use SF Symbols?

System requirements. You can use SF Symbols in apps running in iOS 13 and later, watchOS 6 and later, and tvOS 13 and later.

How do you make SF Symbols?

To create your custom symbol:

  1. Export an SVG file from the SF Symbols app.
  2. Edit the SVG file in a vector-drawing app.
  3. Export the file from your drawing app as an SVG file.
  4. Validate the SVG file using the SF Symbols app.
  5. Import the custom symbol into the SF Symbols app and organize it into a group.
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What are the new SF Symbols?

In addition to 600 new icons, SF Symbols 3 features improved color customization, a new inspector, and improved support for custom symbols. With over 3,100 symbols, SF Symbols is a library of iconography designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for Apple platforms.

How do SF Symbols work on storyboards?

How to use SF Symbols in storyboard. Drag and drop Image View onto storyboard view. Select it and then type desired symbol’s name as the Image name under Attributes Inspector. In order to adjust size, scale and weight of the symbol, specify Symbol Configuration under Attributes Inspector of the Image View.

How do I use the SF font symbol?

How to use SF Symbols in Swift

  1. Browse and find your icon in the SF Symbols Mac app.
  2. Use ⇧⌘C to copy the name of the symbol.
  3. Use the name inside the UIImage(systemName:) initializer.
  4. Use the image inside a UIImageView, UIButton, or any other UI element.
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How do you get SF Figma symbols?

The work around i found was to;

  1. Drag/drop the icons from SF Symbols app into an Apple Note.
  2. Select and copy them in Apple Notes.
  3. in Figma create a new / or edit existing text field set to SF Pro.
  4. paste into it.

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