System prefernces Messed up

Hi I recently noticed that All the icons inside my system preferences are gone and that I have to search in the search bar if I want to find something.
This is really annoying because It wastes time when I'm at school and it is really hard to find everything.
I was wondering if any one can help me with this... I will attach a picture below so you can see what has happened

It took me a while to figure out what was the font name because it was downloaded from a list of "top 25 fonts for designer". And of course, it was free so... thank you for the help.

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