The square, the iron and the circle: how a garment is dried, pressed and cleaned by somebody else. Two pairs in this group differ by a single stroke's orientation — a vertical line means hang to dry and a horizontal one means dry flat — and one pair differs only by which letter appears inside a circle, where P and F are dry-cleaning solvents and W is professional wet cleaning, a water-based process. The letters address the cleaner rather than the garment's owner, which is why nothing on the label explains them.
A square outline, the GINETEX base symbol category covering all drying instructions on a garment care label.
Dots inside a circle in a square, setting tumble-dryer heat.
A square containing a circle, crossed through with an X, instructing that a garment must not be machine-dried.
A vertical line inside the drying square, meaning hang to dry.
A horizontal line inside the drying square, meaning dry lying flat.
Diagonal stripes in the corner of the drying square, meaning keep out of sun.
An outline of a hand-iron, the GINETEX base symbol for ironing instructions on a garment care label.
Dots inside an iron setting the maximum plate temperature.
An iron crossed out, forbidding ironing.
A circle outline, the GINETEX base symbol for professional dry-cleaning or wet-cleaning instructions on a garment care label.
A letter inside a circle naming the solvent a cleaner may use.
A W inside a circle, permitting professional cleaning in water.
A circle crossed out, forbidding professional dry cleaning.