Question 1

What does the Preregistered De Square icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The Preregistered-DE square icon provides a compact variant of the Design and Endpoint preregistration badge optimized for grid layouts and standardized interface designs. This squared version maintains the recognizable DE transparency branding while fitting seamlessly into structured layouts requiring uniform icon dimensions across journal platforms and research repositories.

Question 2

Where is the Preregistered De Square icon used?

Accepted Answer

In article metadata interfaces and transparency badge displays, the square variant appears in open science practice grids alongside other research transparency icons creating visual consistency. Journal platforms display this icon in article page badge modules, while research repositories use it in study documentation interfaces where multiple transparency badges need uniform sizing for professional presentation across diverse open science ecosystems.

Question 3

What does the Preregistered De Square icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a visual design perspective, the square format communicates more than just branding adaptation - it specifically signals integration within structured transparency displays, compatibility with grid-based badge systems, and the standardization of enhanced transparency representations. This formatting distinction helps designers maintain visual hierarchy while preserving the DE-level distinction across journal and repository interfaces.

Question 4

Can I download the Preregistered De Square icon as SVG or PNG?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Question 5

How do I install the Preregistered De Square icon with the shadcn CLI?

Accepted Answer

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds the icon to components/icons/academicons-preregistered-de-square.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Preregistered De Square icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed PreregisteredDeSquareIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Question 7

How do I use the Preregistered De Square icon in Vue, Svelte or Angular?

Accepted Answer

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside.

Question 8

Can my AI agent install it for me?

Accepted Answer

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Preregistered De Square icon, or any of 158 Academicons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Preregistered De Square icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Open Font License allows commercial use; the icons can't be sold on their own. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Preregistered De Square icon free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

Question 11

How do I change the color of the Preregistered De Square icon?

Accepted Answer

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Question 12

How do I change the size of the Preregistered De Square icon?

Accepted Answer

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 448 × 512 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Question 13

How do I make the Preregistered De Square icon accessible?

Accepted Answer

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Preregistered De Square", so screen readers say what it does.

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