Envelope ✉
Copy & Meaning

An envelope — the universal symbol of correspondence, both physical letters and email. The sealed envelope represents the intimacy of written communication — a message enclosed for a specific recipient. Before digital communication, letters were how people maintained relationships across distance.

Today, the envelope icon universally represents email in digital interfaces. 'Putting something in an envelope' means formalizing a communication. Used for email and messaging content, formal correspondence, letter writing appreciation, mailing and postal discussions, communication channel references, and any context involving written messages being sent from one person or organization to another.