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Angela Fabunan
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Jan 4, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read

Every common UI menu icon and its use case

Angela Fabunan Angela Fabunan writes about design, art, and life. She lives in a beach town with her partner and three cats.

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2 Replies to "Every common UI menu icon and its use case"

  1. “… iconic picture a hamburger brings to your head: patty, meat, patty.”

    That’s just three layers of beef!

    1. Whoops, that’s true! Thanks for catching that. It’s updated now — although since the three lines are uniform, maybe they do look more like three layers of the same thing!

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