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 "url": "https://gentleface.com/icons/pencil",
 "category": "actions",
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 "added": "2026-10-13",
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   "date": "2026-10-13",
   "what": [
    "added"
   ]
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-15",
   "what": [
    "20 px drawn",
    "24 px drawn"
   ]
  }
 ],
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   "why": "rename",
   "concept": "edit"
  },
  {
   "icon": "pencil-square",
   "why": "compose something new",
   "concept": "edit"
  },
  {
   "icon": "file-pencil",
   "why": "edit a document where the target must be named",
   "concept": "edit"
  },
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   "why": "sign a document",
   "concept": "write"
  }
 ],
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   "icon": "pen-tool",
   "why": "the vector pen tool in design apps, not edit",
   "concept": "edit"
  }
 ],
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   "concept": "rename",
   "owner": "pencil-line",
   "why": "edit the content, not the name"
  },
  {
   "concept": "edit-file",
   "owner": "file-pencil",
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  }
 ],
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   "owner": "line-color",
   "why": "pencil means edit; the pencil Google uses for border color is not ours"
  },
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  },
  {
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   "why": "pencil alone means edit"
  },
  {
   "concept": "stylus",
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 ],
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 ],
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 "author": "Alexander Kiselev"
}