Interface Essential

Business

Images Photography

Money Shopping

Programming

Computer Devices

Phone

Mail

Map Travel

Food Drink

Nature Ecology

Entertainment

Shipping

Culture

Health

Work Education

Artificial Intelligence

Arrows

Streamline 3.0

Ultimate

Core

Flex

Sharp

Plump

Micro

Freehand

Streamline Material

Nova

Cyber

Streamline Vault

Logos

Pixel

Google Material

Tabler

Remix

Feather

Iconoir

Carbon

Solar

Lucide

Brand Logos

Bootstrap

Atlas

Unicons

Ionic Icons

Phosphor

MingCute

Font Awesome

Majesticons

Mynaui

Radix

Heroicons

Flagpack

Micro Line

Minus

Mathematics

Micro Solid

Outlined Line - Streamline Material Free

Shadow Minus

Common Actions

Sharp Line - Streamline Material

Plus Minus

Text Formatting

Plump Flat

List Minus

Sharp Line

Plus Minus 2

Guidance – Free

Less Minus

Interface

Flex Line

Plus Minus 1

Sharp Remix

Sharp Gradient

Sharp Flat

Flex Neon

Plump Solid

Ultimate Regular

Arduino Plus Minus

Arduino

Nova Line

Electronics

Ultimate Duotone

Pathfinder Minus Back

Pathfinder

Core Line

Flex Solid

Core Remix

Core Gradient

Flex Remix

Ultimate Light

Core Remix - Free

Pathfinder Square Minus Front 1

Platinum

Add Remove

Ultimate Bold

Minus Math Symbol Circle

Ultimate Colors

Style One Pin Circle Minus

Pins Style One

Flex Gradient

Pathfinder Circle Minus Front 2

Core Solid

Smaller Text Minus Size

Lus Minus Math Symbol Circle 2

Lus Minus Math Symbol Circle 1

Rounded Line - Streamline Material

Outlined Line - Streamline Material

Heart Minus

UI Actions

Texture Minus

Photo Image

Pathfinder Minus Front

<p>Core is the Helvetica of icons. Each icon is stripped to its essential form and has generous inner spacing. The Line variant offers a clean, minimalist approach with consistent line weights.</p>

**Summary**: The definitive neutral UI icon — 1px rounded stroke on a 14px grid, stripped to essential form, designed to be invisible infrastructure that serves content rather than demanding attention. Scores at a genuine midpoint on its human↔mechanical character, achieved by no other sub-style in the catalog, and is one of the softer sub-styles available, reflecting a construction so minimal that almost no visual personality remains. The tone signals pure infrastructure: "we are here if you look; we won't demand that you do." Best for productivity tools, component libraries serving diverse audiences, admin panels, and any product with a strong typographic or illustration identity that must not compete with its icon layer.

**Last updated**: 2026-04-23

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## Fit & Recommendation

### Primary use cases

- Universal UI navigation and controls where icons should be invisible infrastructure
- Any product that values neutrality above personality — icons adapt to the surrounding design system rather than imposing character
- Productivity tools (task managers, note apps, calendar apps) where cognitive clarity is primary
- Component libraries needing icons that work alongside any colour token system without clashing
- Products with very strong typographic or illustration identity — Core Line will not compete
- Internal tools and admin panels that prioritise clarity without brand personality

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## Brand & Cultural Identity

### What it communicates

> "We are infrastructure. You won't notice us, and that is the point."

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## Visual & Technical Specs

### Visual properties

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Stroke weight | 1px |
| Fill | None |
| Corner treatment | Rounded caps and joins throughout |
| Color | Monochrome |

### Emotional Scores

Core Line is somewhat warm and one of the softer sub-styles in the catalog — the 1px stroke on a 14px grid produces one of the lightest, most unobtrusive icon constructions available. It is somewhat friendly and somewhat playful. On its human↔mechanical character, it sits at a near-neutral midpoint — the only sub-style in the catalog to land at this precise balance point, where rounded ends give a slight human quality and strict minimal construction gives a slight systematic quality in equal measure.

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## Pairing & Compatibility

### Typography pairing

- **Primary**: Inter — the pairing is almost tautological; two neutral humanist systems designed for UI at the same level of philosophical reduction
- **Alternative**: DM Sans — slightly more personality than Inter, compatible with Core's rounded geometry
- **Editorial**: Neue Haas Grotesk — Swiss neutrality in type matches the stripped Swiss construction in icons
- **Body**: Source Sans Pro or Mulish — clean, screen-optimized, non-competing
- **Avoid**: Display fonts with strong personality (Syne, Playfair Display) — contrast between expressive type and invisible icons creates incoherence


<p>The Helvetica of icons. Core is stripped to essential form with generous spacing. It's a timeless workhorse for interface design.</p>

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Subtract Square icon - Core Line Set

Download Subtract Square SVG vector or transparent PNG icon in Line, Minimal, Stroke, Wireframe style(s) for Sketch and Figma. It belongs to Core Line vectors SVG collection.