diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints b/font/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf b/font/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2 b/font/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsOutlined[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints b/font/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf b/font/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2 b/font/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsRounded[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints b/font/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].codepoints
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf b/font/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].ttf
diff --git a/variablefont/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2 b/font/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
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rename from variablefont/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
rename to font/MaterialSymbolsSharp[FILL,GRAD,opsz,wght].woff2
diff --git a/font/README.md b/font/README.md
index 7cf174350593..e0b811df2c0a 100644
--- a/font/README.md
+++ b/font/README.md
@@ -1,28 +1,12 @@
-This is the directory for Material Icons; the newer Material Symbols are at [../variablefont](https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/tree/master/variablefont).
+This directory contains the Material Symbols font files; the older Material Icons (non-variable) fonts are at [/material-icons](https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/tree/master/font/material-icons).
-Material Icons are the non-variable classic icon fonts, while the Material Symbols variable fonts offer weight, optical size, grade and fill variations (with grade and Fill being intended also for animated effects).
+The Material Symbols variable fonts offer weight, optical size, grade and fill variations (with grade and Fill being intended also for animated effects). Material Icons are the non-variable classic icon fonts.
-The recommended way to use the Material Icons font is by linking to the web font hosted on Google Fonts:
+The recommended way to use the Material Symbols font is by linking to the web font hosted on Google Fonts:
```html
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```
diff --git a/font/MaterialIcons-Regular.codepoints b/font/material-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.codepoints
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rename from font/MaterialIcons-Regular.codepoints
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.codepoints
diff --git a/font/MaterialIcons-Regular.ttf b/font/material-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.ttf
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rename from font/MaterialIcons-Regular.ttf
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIcons-Regular.ttf
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.codepoints b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.codepoints
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rename from font/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.codepoints
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.codepoints
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.otf b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.otf
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rename from font/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.otf
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsOutlined-Regular.otf
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.codepoints b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.codepoints
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rename from font/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.codepoints
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.codepoints
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.otf b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.otf
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rename from font/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.otf
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsRound-Regular.otf
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.codepoints b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.codepoints
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rename from font/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.codepoints
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.codepoints
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.otf b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.otf
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rename from font/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.otf
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsSharp-Regular.otf
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.codepoints b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.codepoints
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rename from font/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.codepoints
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.codepoints
diff --git a/font/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.otf b/font/material-icons/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.otf
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rename from font/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.otf
rename to font/material-icons/MaterialIconsTwoTone-Regular.otf
diff --git a/font/material-icons/README.md b/font/material-icons/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4ff94e072af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/font/material-icons/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+This directory contains the older Material Icons (non-variable) fonts.
+
+The newer Material Symbols are one level up in the "font" directory. The Material Symbols variable fonts offer weight, optical size, grade and fill variations (with grade and Fill being intended also for animated effects). Material Symbols are the non-variable classic icon fonts, while
+
+The recommended way to use the Material Icons font is by linking to the web font hosted on Google Fonts:
+
+```html
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+
+
+
+
+
+
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+```
+
diff --git a/variablefont/README.md b/variablefont/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be3763615ae9
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The variable fonts that were formerly in this directory are now in the “font” directory instead.