Pen Alt

The pen-alt icon represents an alternative writing instrument or a variation of a pen. It typically consists of a stylized representation of a pen with a different design or style, symbolizing a different approach to writing or creating written content. This icon originates from writing and editing contexts, including word processing software and document creation tools.

In real-world applications, the pen-alt icon appears in various writing and editing contexts, such as word processing software, document creation tools, and note-taking applications. It is often used to represent a different writing style or approach.

From a UX perspective, the pen-alt icon communicates the ability to create or edit written content in a different way. It helps users understand that they can choose a different writing style or approach, making it an intuitive symbol for writing and editing interactions.

Pen Alt is one of 562 icons in CoreUI Free, made by creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek and released under CC BY 4.0. It is drawn on a 512 × 512 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds PenAltIcon to components/icons/cil-pen-alt.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed PenAltIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Pen Alt icon, or any of 562 CoreUI Free icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 512 × 512 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Pen Alt", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. PenAltIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <PenAltIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Yes, with credit: CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author (creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek) where you use the icons. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Yes. CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author where you use the icons, for example "Icons by creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek, CC BY 4.0" on an about or credits page.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

3 other libraries draw an icon called Pen Alt. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.

Its tags are document, edit, alternative, write and pen. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Pen Alt in another set.