Keep in mind that copyright can apply to laundry symbols. The right font has all the symbols in one compact file and place ready to use. Preferably SVG graphics but large JPG or GIF are fine.įonts are the better choice if you’re using the symbols regularly. With most symbols of any kind, there’s a choice: as an image or a group of symbols contained in a font.įor occasional use, individual images are enough. Gintex has an exhaustive Technical Document if you’re interested in the details.Ĭ has a good summary of the standards and differences.įor the purposes of this article, we’ll work with the general symbols without going into the regional specifics.
The US, Canada, Europe and Japan all have different or overlapping symbol sets plus an International (GINTEX) standard for everyone else. To make things more confusing, laundry care symbols vary across the globe. That’s probably why they’ve not been included into the Unicode standard. There’s an ISO standard (if you’re keeping score, ISO 3758:2012 “Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols”) however the symbols are copyright in various countries. Unlike many other common symbols, laundry care icons aren’t in the Unicode specification along with letters, numbers, currency, musical notes and all manner of other stuff.
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