Tumble dry symbols

This circle-in-square glyph family identifies tumble-drying conditions, including cycle type, heat level, air-only drying, and prohibition of tumble drying.

	Tumble dry, normal cycle, any heat. A circle inside a square with no bars, dots, or X
	Tumble dry at high heat. A circle inside a square with three small dots
	Tumble dry at medium heat. A circle inside a square with two small dots
	Tumble dry at low heat. A circle inside a square with one small dot
	Tumble dry with no heat or air. A circle inside a square with a large solid center and no small heat dots
	Tumble dry on the permanent-press cycle. A circle inside a square with one horizontal bar beneath it
	Tumble dry on the delicate or gentle cycle. A circle inside a square with two horizontal bars beneath it
	Do not tumble dry. A circle inside a square crossed by an X

Dots denote heat level: one is low, two are medium, and three are high; the unmarked normal glyph denotes any heat, while the solid-center version denotes no heat or air. One or two bars beneath the glyph denote permanent press or delicate/gentle, and an X means do not tumble dry.

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The unmarked circle-in-square glyph means any heat, not no heat or air.
A single heat dot means low heat; it does not mean air-only drying.
A bar beneath the glyph changes the cycle to permanent press or delicate/gentle; it is not a heat setting.

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Grounded in: fcs.tennessee.edu. Meanings follow sentences verified verbatim on those pages.

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