Hi namesake (see my last name),
thank you for the symbols — and your blog in general. I really appreciate it!
Free symbols you also get at AIGA’s website. Check for the symbol collection at Aiga
These are very classic ones but still inspiring. At least they are a good starting basis for a own set of symbols.

Great job Sander. I can see myself using these. I’m a fan of flat 2d symbols.

Excellent work, thank you! I can’t imagine these not coming in useful.

Hi Mr. Baumann - Thanks for your comment and the mention of the Aiga symbol signs, that collection has been an industry standard for years, highly professional set of symbol signs!

Thank you Jin & Rob Chant - for your positive comments, appreciated! Love to see your work using the collection of symbol signs!

thanks for this. keep up the great work

Thanks, I dont know when I’m gonna use them, but I will use them

I REALLY like the stairs icons….

Thank you for these! They’re beautiful! I appreciate the thoughtfulness you had when assigning them to keys as well.

Thank you indeed, they’re great!

great work! thnx!

So this is what has been keeping you busy
Thank you, Sander. I love the detail you put into the icons. For example, the female symbol!

Thank you Sebastian, John, Josh, Liana, malina, cyxob and Josef Go-Oco - for your great comments! Looking forward seeing your design using the symbol signs!

Thanks very much for the huge support @smashingmag, @imjustcreative, @vectortuts and the many RTs, highly appreciated!

Great wayfinding signs collection. I will try to use it in one of my projects, thank you

Thanks for the font download. I will post it on my blog:)

Thank you Bojan and Judi Bentley - for your comments and support of the symbol signs collection, very appreciated.

CALLING ALL SIGN SPOTTERS……
My name is Trevor Ward. I am developing a TV documentary idea about “the science of signs” and would like to hear from anyone who has a professional or personal interest in this subject WHO IS BASED IN THE UK. I have already been in direct contact with several people on this blog, including Sander(thanks for your help so far), and would like to speak to anyone else who has a passion for the art of signs and information design. We would like to speak to them about every aspect of signs - from the design to the psychology behind them - and why they think they are so cool, their favourite examples, etc. etc.
The documentary is in its very early stages yet, but if you are interested in being involved, or would like more information, please contact me at:
trev.ward@kowalskimedia.co.uk
Thanks for your time(and your space Sander!)

You did good job

Please help me - i can´t download the font. It just opens a new window with code…

Very great! Thanks!

Wird gerne genommen.:-)
 Danke

Sander,

What exactly do you mean by “professionally designed”? Are you sure these were all designed by professionals? Should you credit the original designers?

How does one qualify to be a professional symbol designer?

How can you know if these are also professionally tested?
Are you aware of the internationally recommended standard for testing symbols?
ISO 9186-2:2008 http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43484

If they haven’t been tested, you are not legally covered and if someone gets hurt in an environment where these symbols are used, they could claim they didn’t understand the sign and you would have no defence.

My favorite is the one with the guy doing the splits ;-P

wonderful collection, thanks!

Hi John Finder - thank you for taking the time to write a comment about my symbol signs collection. These symbols are from my personal designed collection which I am using in my signage & wayfinding projects in the Netherlands, all of the symbols are designed by myself.

Thank you for the mention of the ISO 9186-2 Standard for Graphic symbols, testing methods. At this time not every symbol in this collection will comply to the suggested ISO Standard, but maby in the future I will modify and / or add symbols to this collection that it will comply to the ISO Standard. As result of your comment I have added the following term for downloading and using my free symbol collection in your own designs.

You expressly agree that any use of the symbol signs collections is entirely at your own risk

If you are looking for ISO Standard Symbol Signs, please visit the website Ultimate Symbol* and search for ISO Signs & Icons. *These sets are not free.

Hopefully this will answer your questions.

Hey Sander,

I like the detail on the female pictogram and the baby bottle.

I do see where John Finder is coming from… There is an advantage to using standardised international symbols – because they are commonly used, they are also commonly recognised, which reduces interpretation time and cognitive-load during wayfinding.

That said, the AIGA set of symbols includes pictograms that are graphically more consistent, compared with ISO7001 (Public Information Symbols) and we have opted to using them, making clients aware of the differences, pros and cons.

Maybe John Finder is concerned about ambiguity in the interpretation of some symbols. If that’s the case, a level of redundancy can be added by accompanying the pictogram with text. Some accessibility consultants would support this approach while others would say it’s cluttering the sign and adds to the cognitive-load.

Every view is debateable and design decisions can be rationalised, but face it, at the end of the day, as designers we just see things with a different eye. Testing is important to ensure what we design works as intended for the target audience.

Simple and very useful!

Cheers

Thanks a lot for the airport symbols font. Just what I needed for a kid’s holiday club. Thanks so much.

Thank Mark - for your comment, I love to see a final result of the signs.

thanx for sharing all good work! bravo

Thanks!

I’m not liking the WIFI or mail icon that much. Nice collection though.

Thank you - very handy!

Good usable signs.Colored signs would be a good and attractive snatch on the net,what do you think?

very nice symbols Sander! i particularly like the subtle addition of a curved line on the dress of the female toilet symbol!

if anyone wants a load more symbols they could try taking a look at http://www.dafont.com and check the dingbats - various - category for a load of different symbols, some are well designed and others not so good but the way i see it the more ideas that are out there the more chance we have of coming up with new and innovative symbols.

thanks for the symbols Sander

Thank you very much for this helpful icon set and review. This could be very helpful for a project I am planning at the moment.

Good works. Thanks.

Great collection! I’ll definitely use them in my work!
 Thanks!

Thank you for this - very handy!

Thank you for these! They’re beautiful!

Very good article. Thank you.