As I continue to contemplate the implication of images as buttons, I start realizing that some of the more difficult things I used to do are no longer necessary. For example, I used to download font-based icon sets and edit my Index.html file in my published Captivate project to display these fonts to show the icons I used for navigation purposes in my elearning course. Not a hugely tricky thing but still, it required extra steps that I would prefer I didn’t have to take. Now, of course, I can use the SVG-based icons that are in the new Assets Window in Adobe Captivate 2019 (Update 2). Unfortunately, this isn’t a long list, so it got me to thinking, what resource do I know of that includes hundreds of SVG based icons?

I thought of the Material Design Icons that Google maintains for developers looking to use material design in their apps. Of course, these are entirely free, and there is nothing to suggest that they are only for Android apps. I downloaded one or two to test them, and they work great. You can even use the color replace feature, which is excellent if you want to have different rollover and down states for your icons. Click on any of these icons and can choose to download them in SVG or PNG format, although I recommend SVG. You even get to select the color white or black.

Icons – Material Design