diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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The icons can be browsed in a more user-friendly way at https://fonts.google.com/icons. Use the popdown menu near top left to choose between the two sets; Material Symbols is the default.
-The icons are designed under the [material design guidelines](https://material.io/guidelines/).
+The icons are designed under the [material design guidelines](https://m2.material.io/design/iconography/system-icons.html).
## Icon Requests
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+> **Note:** The older `https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons` URL format is deprecated and may fail to load. Use the `css2` URL format shown above instead.
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Read more on [Material Symbols](https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/material_symbols/) or [Material Icons](https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/material_icons/) in the Google Fonts developer guide.
diff --git a/font/README.md b/font/README.md
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--- a/font/README.md
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@@ -5,24 +5,26 @@ Material Icons are the non-variable classic icon fonts, while the Material Symbo
The recommended way to use the Material Icons font is by linking to the web font hosted on Google Fonts:
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+> **Note:** The older `https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons` URL format is deprecated and may fail to load. Use the `css2` URL format shown above instead.
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