Figma's ability to add a library to any file allows for icons to be a separate libraries that can worked on and imported into your file. Within this, there are various ways to approach it and there are few of them listed down below:

What should the library provide:

• Many icons (easily swappable)
• Icons should be easy to find (categorised logically)
• Various sizes (16, 24, 32, 48)
• Different states (hover, focus, etc.)
• Library should be easy to maintain (changeability, fixability and scalability)

Figma considerations

• Swapping can be made using instance switching or layer toggling
• Figma components have fixed sizes but instances can be scaled
• Components can be deployed with hidden layers showing states
• Publishing different components within a frame will automatically be grouped within that frame’s name even if you’ve named them to be grouped differently
• Naming a frame with ‘/’ will not group the components within it, they will however be grouped if ‘/’ is added in the component naming
• You can enable all instances of an external library into a file that is also a library

Design considerations