diff --git a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
index 2f5fb2f..e1770e8 100644
--- a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
+++ b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 (defn- dark-toggle []
   [:button.dark-toggle {:title "Toggle dark mode"
                         :on-click #(apply-dark! (swap! dark? not))}
-   (if @dark? "☀ Light" "☾ Dark")])
+   (if @dark? "◑ Light" "◐ Dark")])
 
 (def ^:private seek-guard-frames 0.75)
 (def ^:private seek-settle-frames 2)
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
                    [:span.link-chip {:class (when-not lf "broken")
                                      :title (when-not lf "linked clip no longer in this timeline")
                                      :on-click #(when lf (goto! lf))}
-                    (when-not lf "⚠ ") label
+                    (when-not lf "△ ") label
                     (when lf [:span.link-f (str " " (js/Math.round lf) "f")])])))))
 
 (defn- build-chip [{:keys [label ref at kind]}]
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
     (set! (.-contentEditable span) "false")
     (when-not ok (set! (.-title span) (if timeline? "timeline no longer here"
                                           "linked clip no longer in this timeline")))
-    (set! (.-textContent span) (str (cond timeline? "⤢ " (not ok) "⚠ ") label))
+    (set! (.-textContent span) (str (cond timeline? "⤢ " (not ok) "△ ") label))
     (aset (.-dataset span) "label" label)
     (aset (.-dataset span) "ref" (name ref))
     (when kind (aset (.-dataset span) "kind" (name kind)))
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@
                          :class (when (= (:id a) active) "active")
                          :style {:border-left (str "8px solid " (:color a))}}
                [:div.ann-head
-                [:div.ann-title (when (:broken a) [:span {:title (:reason a)} "⚠ "]) (:name a)
+                [:div.ann-title (when (:broken a) [:span {:title (:reason a)} "△ "]) (:name a)
                  (when (seq (:script a)) [:span.script-badge {:title "linked to script"} "¶"])]
                 [:div.ann-actions
                  [jump-control open a scene segs]
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
                        :on-commit #(commit-link! (select-keys % [:ref :at :kind]) (:label %))
                        :on-cancel #(rf/dispatch [::events/cancel-linking])}]
          [:button.add-mark {:type "button" :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/start-linking gid])}
-          "🔗 Insert link"])
+          "Insert link"])
        (when (and linking (= gid (:gid linking)))
          [:div.form-hint "Click a clip or the frame-readout to link it, or pick above."])
        (when-not root?
@@ -761,17 +761,17 @@
      [:div.transport
       [:button.step-btn {:title "Previous frame" :disabled (<= ph 0)
                          :on-click #(goto! (max 0 (dec ph)))} "◁"]
-      [:button.play-btn {:on-click toggle-play! :title "Play / pause"} (if playing? "⏸" "▶")]
+      [:button.play-btn {:on-click toggle-play! :title "Play / pause"} (if playing? "❚❚" "▶")]
       [:button.step-btn {:title "Next frame" :disabled (>= ph len)
                          :on-click #(goto! (min len (inc ph)))} "▷"]]
      (when (and authed? (not authoring?))
        [:button.add-annotation {:title "Add annotation"
                                 :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/open-draft])}
         "＋ Annotation"])
-     [:label.slider "Zoom X"
+     [:label.slider {:title "Horizontal zoom"} "↔"
       [:input {:type "range" :min 2 :max 400 :value zoom
                :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::events/set-zoom (js/parseFloat (.. % -target -value))])}]]
-     [:label.slider "Zoom Y"
+     [:label.slider {:title "Vertical zoom"} "↕"
       [:input {:type "range" :min 8 :max 120 :value row-h
                :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::events/set-row-h (js/parseFloat (.. % -target -value))])}]]
      [dark-toggle]]))
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@
         draft? (some? @(rf/subscribe [::subs/draft-group]))
         save-err @(rf/subscribe [::subs/save-error])]
     [:div.pane-wrap
-     (when save-err [:div.err {:style {:padding "4px 8px"}} "⚠ " save-err])
+     (when save-err [:div.err {:style {:padding "4px 8px"}} "△ " save-err])
      [:div.pane-tabs
       [:button {:class (when (= pane :annotations) "active")
                 :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::events/set-pane :annotations])} "Annotations"]
@@ -967,11 +967,11 @@
          [:span.muted "signed in as " user " · "
           [:a {:href "#" :on-click #(do (.preventDefault %) (rf/dispatch [::events/logout]))} "log out"] " "])
        [dark-toggle]]]
-     (when net-err [:div.err "⚠ " net-err])
+     (when net-err [:div.err "△ " net-err])
      (if authed?
        [:<>
         [:a.add-btn {:href (routes/href :project/new)} "＋ New project"]
-        (when proj-err [:div.err "⚠ " proj-err])
+        (when proj-err [:div.err "△ " proj-err])
         (if (seq projects)
           [:ul.project-list
            (for [p projects]