# Admin: Badge icon vs. image - what's the difference?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-badge-icon-vs-image-whats-the-difference/25609 "2015-02-24T14:26:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-badge-icon-vs-image-whats-the-difference/25609/2 "2015-02-24T15:26:26Z")

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I agree, the UI does not explain what the difference is between “Icon” and “Image”.

But if I would have to venture a guess, an icon simply means the tiny image, and the image means when you look at the badge’s page you get this fancy image … but I would have to look at the source to know what the difference is for sure.

As for the PS  
Unfortunately, I haven’t managed to get links to appear properly in the description fields on the settings page, but if you’re looking for FA icon classes then look no further than [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/icons/)

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