# Recommended icons — Brutalist

This theme renders icons through the sprite pipeline
(`<svg><use href="/icons/<pack>.svg#<name>"></use></svg>`). Two packs are used by
the theme's block overrides and are declared in `plugin.mod`
(`required_icon_packs = ["lucide", "simple-icons"]`).

Until the loader auto-installs declared packs, install them manually before
activation:

1. Open `/admin/icons`.
2. Install **Lucide** (bundled — usually already present). Used for UI chrome:
   `menu`, `x`, `chevron-down`, `chevron-left`, `chevron-right`, `arrow-right`,
   `play`, `download`, `check`, `star`, `navigation`, `map-pin`, `flag`, `globe`,
   `asterisk`.
3. Install **Simple Icons** (bundled). Used by the author-bio-hero social row:
   `x`, `linkedin`, `github`.

`lucide` is the safe default for any icon-picker field. Utility-bar and footer
social icons render whatever `pack:name` string the admin assigns, so they work
with any installed pack.