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How to attribute a designer?
How to attribute a designer?

Credit the creator, attribution for the author of an icon or an illustration

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Written by Martin LeBlanc
Updated over a week ago

How do you know when you have to attribute the designer?

If you have to credit the designer, it will be specified in the license agreement (where it says License: ...). As a rule of thumb, licenses that have the word "attribution" in their names (mostly Creative Commons licenses) require crediting the designer. For other license types, crediting a designer is optional.
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How to properly give attribution to the designer?

You can do this by including their name and a link to their website or to their Iconfinder page. Here are some examples of Best practices for attribution.

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