# From text to icon

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/from-text-to-icon/345840
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 6, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/from-text-to-icon/345840 "2025-01-06T16:15:03Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/from-text-to-icon/345840/9 "2025-01-08T13:35:13Z")

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@Radu In the event my guide doesn’t work, you can follow this guide, where I believe you can just upload 1 file for multiple icons:

> [@Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-discourses-default-svg-icons-with-custom-icons-in-a-theme/115736):
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> You can replace a Discourse’s default SVG icons individually or as a whole with your own custom SVG and override them [within a theme or theme component.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966#create-new-themes-and-theme-components-7)Step 1 - Create an SVG Spritesheet To get started, you must create an SVG Spritesheet. This can contain anything from a single additional custom SVG icon up to an entire replacement set of hundreds. The spritesheet should be saved as an SVG file. In principle, you are nesting the \<svg\> tag contents from the original SVG icon file into \<symbol\> …

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