Edit black outline icon
Outline icon of a pencil crossing the open corner of a square frame
About the Edit black outline icon
A pencil drawn on a diagonal, with visible shaft facets, a wood-cut tip and a rounded eraser end, cuts across the upper-right corner of a square outline that opens to let it through. It is the universally understood edit affordance: modify, rewrite, update or amend. Use it in toolbars, table row actions, profile settings, CMS content lists, form fields and drawing apps.
The break in the square makes the pencil feel placed on the page rather than pasted over it, which keeps the silhouette clean at small sizes. It aligns with delete, duplicate and save icons in the same action set and stays legible down to 16 px in either style.
This is the black outline version of the edit icon: even, monoline strokes that stay crisp at small sizes and suit clean, minimal interfaces, wireframes and light backgrounds.
It downloads free as an SVG vector or transparent PNG in seven sizes, and the free online editor lets you recolor it, apply gold, silver, neon and gradient styles, add animation, or convert it to EPS, PDF and DXF.
Free for personal and commercial use with attribution.
