# Alternatives to lock icon for categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternatives-to-lock-icon-for-categories/24815
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [2월 4, 2015, 7:45오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternatives-to-lock-icon-for-categories/24815 "2015-02-04T19:45:45Z")
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### Author: ![JSey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jsey/32/3540_2.png) [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)
#### Post date: [2월 4, 2015, 6:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternatives-to-lock-icon-for-categories/24815/4 "2015-02-04T18:44:39Z")

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If the lock looks too closed, maybe this could be an alternative? ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/4/44c18de3d2108a19ba2a9a99239ca098c7d53f3b.png) (is there a clever way to post FontAwesome characters, btw?!). Or this could work, as already mentioned by @boomzilla (though the FA glyph looks a tiny bit too medieval for my taste): ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/c/aca3dead8a652a057e0e3c05075522e829063b6f.png) . Or (my favourite, although a bit NSA-y): ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/d/9d4db53d67304fe0f3f8e727545eacfaede71af9.png) …

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