ASCII Icons
Unicode symbols as primary icons — blink, pulse, shrink, rotate, spin, bounce, throb, wiggle, glow.
Animation states
Each symbol can be animated. Respects prefers-reduced-motion.
✦
blink
◆
pulse
●
shrink
◇
grow
◜
◝
◞
◟
rotate
▸
spin
★
bounce
○
throb
✧
wiggle
✦
glow
Symbol palette
Static symbols — use as icons in badges, cards, lists.
✦
✧
◆
◇
●
○
▸
▷
★
☆
▪
▫
◉
◎
Historic & technical signs
Symbols from writing systems, astronomy, craft, math, and interface notation — all support blink, pulse, rotate, etc.
𒀭
☉
☽
☿
♄
☷
⌬
⟁
⛓
⌘
⋯
⇢
⟶
↻
⌕
◊
↔
⇒
≡
→
𒀭 star/divine sign · ☉ sun · ☽ moon · ☿ mercury · ♄ saturn · ☷ trigram · ⌬ benzene · ⟁ triangle · ⛓ chain · ⌘ shortcut · ⋯ sequence · ⇢ flow · ⟶ pipeline · ↻ cycle · ⌕ search
Animated signs
Animated variants for the broader symbol palette.
𒀭
𒀭 glow
☉
☉ pulse
⌬
⌬ wiggle
⛓
⛓ pulse
⌘
⌘ blink
↻
↻ spin
⋯
⋯ pulse
Sizes
◆
◆
◆
◆
size="sm" · md · lg · xl
Spinners (existing)
Mote pulse and spiral rotate — same family, built-in loading states.
✦
✦
✦
◜
In context
Animated icons in buttons, status lines, empty states.
◜
◝
◞
◟
Thinking…
●
Live
⛓
Chains
⌘
Shortcut active
↻
Refreshing…