Ruler
The ruler icon represents a tool used for measuring length or width.
Exports at 26 × 24 px
Code
Ruler in your framework
In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const RulerIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="26" height="24" viewBox="0 0 17 16" {...props}>
<path fill="currentColor" fillRule="evenodd" d="M5 0v16h8V0zm1 2h2v1H6zm0 6h2v1H6zm2 7H6v-1h2zm1-3H6v-1h3zm0-6H6V5h3z"/>
</svg>
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Ruler in 8 more libraries
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What the Ruler icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The ruler icon represents a tool used for measuring length or width. A ruler is a flat, rectangular tool with markings to indicate units of measurement.
The ruler icon can be used in various software and platforms related to architecture, design, construction, and DIY projects. For example, it can be used in a graphic design software, a construction management platform, or a DIY tutorial website.
From a UX perspective, the ruler icon communicates a sense of precision, measurement, and accuracy. It helps users understand that the functionality or feature is related to measuring or sizing something.
Ruler is one of 799 icons in SmartIcons Glyph, made by SmartIcons and released under CC BY SA 4.0. It is drawn on a 17 × 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 RulerIcon to components/icons/si-glyph-ruler.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 RulerIcon 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.
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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 17 × 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="Ruler", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. RulerIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <RulerIcon 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 conditions: CC BY SA 4.0 asks you to credit the author (SmartIcons), and icons you change must use the same license. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
Yes. CC BY SA 4.0 asks you to credit SmartIcons, and icons you change must be shared under the same 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 Ruler. 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 design, tool, construction, measurement and DIY. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Ruler in another set.
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