Icon glyphs and their labels
The same six actions drawn three ways: as emoji characters, as geometric glyphs, and as inline SVG. Only the SVG row carries no text at all; the other two put characters into the DOM that read as noise. SAMPLE wording only.
| Action | Emoji character | Geometric glyph | Inline SVG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the SAMPLE record | 💾 | Save the SAMPLE record | |
| Print the SAMPLE record | 🖨️ | Print the SAMPLE record | |
| Search the SAMPLE index | 🔍 | Search the SAMPLE index | |
| Delete the SAMPLE record | 🗑️ | Delete the SAMPLE record | |
| Share the SAMPLE record | 🔗 | Share the SAMPLE record | |
| Lock the SAMPLE record | 🔒 | Lock the SAMPLE record |
A naive text scrape of the middle column returns geometric characters with no meaning. The visually hidden text beside each one is what an accessibility-aware read returns instead.