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Update README.md to better highlight Symbols over Icons
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## Material Icons / Material Symbols
## Material Symbols / Material Icons

These are two different official icon sets from Google, using the same underlying designs. Material Icons is the classic set, while Material Symbols was introduced in April 2022, built on variable font technology.
These are two different official icon sets from Google, using the same underlying designs. Material Symbols is the current set, introduced in April 2022, built on variable font technology. Material Icons is the classic set, but no longer actively updated.

The icons can be browsed in a more user-friendly way at https://fonts.google.com/icons. Use the popdown menu near top left to choose between the two sets; Material Symbols is the default.

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- Only SVGs
- Optimizes SVGs using SVGO

## Material Icons

The icons can be browsed in a more user-friendly way at https://fonts.google.com/icons?icon.set=Material+Icons

These classic icons are available in five distinct styles:
- Outlined
- Filled (the font version is just called Material Icons, as this is the oldest style)
- Rounded
- Sharp
- Two tone

The following directories in this repo contain specifically Material Icons (not Material Symbols) content:
- android
- font
- ios
- png
- src

What is currently _not_ available in Material Icons?
- variable fonts
- weights other than Regular
- grades other than Regular
- a means to animate Fill transitions

## Material Symbols

These newer icons can be browsed in a more user-friendly way at https://fonts.google.com/icons. Use the popdown menu near top left to choose between the two sets; Material Symbols is the default.
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- the only pre-made fonts are the variable fonts
- there are no two-tone icons

## Material Icons

The icons can be browsed in a more user-friendly way at https://fonts.google.com/icons?icon.set=Material+Icons

These classic icons are available in five distinct styles:
- Outlined
- Filled (the font version is just called Material Icons, as this is the oldest style)
- Rounded
- Sharp
- Two tone

The following directories in this repo contain specifically Material Icons (not Material Symbols) content:
- android
- font
- ios
- png
- src

What is currently _not_ available in Material Icons?
- variable fonts
- weights other than Regular
- grades other than Regular
- a means to animate Fill transitions

## Material Icons update history

### 4.0.0 Update
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