Pencil
The pencil icon represents the action of editing or writing text.
Exports at 21 × 24 px
Code
Pencil in your framework
In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const PencilIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="21" height="24" viewBox="0 0 14 16" {...props}>
<path fillRule="evenodd" d="M0 12v3h3l8-8l-3-3l-8 8zm3 2H1v-2h1v1h1v1zm10.3-9.3L12 6L9 3l1.3-1.3a.996.996 0 0 1 1.41 0l1.59 1.59c.39.39.39 1.02 0 1.41z" fill="currentColor"/>
</svg>
);Other libraries
Pencil in 8 more libraries
Each library draws it its own way. Open one to compare.
Octicons
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Pencil is tagged communication, document, editing and 3 more. Related tags follow; each opens its icons from every library.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What the Pencil icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The pencil icon represents the action of editing or writing text. This icon is commonly used in text editing and document software.
In software and platforms, pencil icons like this are often used in text editors, word processors, and document management systems, such as Microsoft Office or Google Docs. When users see this icon, they understand that they can edit or write text.
From a UX perspective, the pencil icon communicates a sense of creativity and productivity, as it allows users to create and edit content. This icon helps users understand the functionality of the application and navigate the interface.
Pencil is one of 901 icons in Octicons, made by GitHub and released under MIT. It is drawn on a 14 × 16 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 PencilIcon to components/icons/octicon-pencil.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 PencilIcon 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 Pencil icon, or any of 901 Octicons 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 14 × 16 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="Pencil", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. PencilIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <PencilIcon 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. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No visible credit is required: MIT only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Octicons, GitHub and the license.
Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.
8 other libraries draw an icon called Pencil. 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 communication, document, editing, productivity, office and workflow. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Pencil in another set.
Octicons draws many icons in several styles: Fill next to the default. Open the library and pick a style above the grid to see Pencil's siblings in it.
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