Briefle words · UI design
Supporting icon
Also called decorative icon
An icon that helps recognize or scan a list item but isn't the message itself.
Say it to an AI
Four-item benefits list where the text leads and the icons are supporting icons: small, one muted color on a soft tinted tile, same style for all four. Keep their visual weight below the 15px semibold headings so the icons work like bullets, not decoration.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “What's included”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Benefits section on a meal-kit subscription's landing page.
Why: These icons only illustrate 'ingredients', 'recipe cards', 'box' and 'pause', so A keeps them secondary to the text.
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