Icon sets drift one trait at a time
When a set of icons fails to look like a family, it is rarely down to a single cause. Two stroke weights are mixed, some corners are rounded while others are square, and line drawings sit next to solid fills. This tool takes the number of distinct values each trait uses across your set and tallies which traits are unified and which are mixed.
How it is calculated
A trait with one value counts as unified and a trait with two or more counts as mixed. Traits entered as 0 are excluded and shown as not entered. The combination figure is the product of the value counts across the tallied traits, which is the largest number of distinct style combinations your set could contain. No score or grade is produced, and since there is no accepted standard for which value is correct, no judgment is made. Written as of October 2026.
Limits
Reading icon files to count values automatically is not supported, so the counts have to be gathered by hand. The tool also does not recommend a stroke weight or a grid size.
Frequently asked questions
Open the icon files, note the value each one uses for that trait and enter how many distinct values you find. If stroke weights are 1.5 pt and 2 pt, that is two values.
Traits differ in importance and there is no accepted basis for weighting them, so a score would lend false authority to a number. The tool only counts unified and mixed traits.
It is the product of the value counts across the traits you tallied, so it is the largest number of distinct style combinations the set could contain. A big number means more room for icons not to look like one family.