Webdings
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Webdings is a TrueType dingbat typeface developed in 1997. It was initially distributed with Internet Explorer 4.0, then as part of Core fonts for the Web, and is included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98. All of the pictographic Webdings glyphs that were not unifiable with existing Unicode characters were added to the Unicode Standard when version 7.0 was released in June 20141.
Webdings is a TrueType dingbat typeface developed in 1997. It was initially distributed with Internet Explorer 4.0, then as part of Core fonts for the Web, and is included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98. All of the pictographic Webdings glyphs that were not unifiable with existing Unicode characters were added to the Unicode Standard when version 7.0 was released in June 2014.
Symbol types
There are some "categories" of symbols in Webdings, i.e., groups of similar symbols. Symbol trends like this in the font include weather icons, land with different structures built on top, vehicles and ICT. Symbols which are the Webdings equivalent of characters not available on an English keyboard also exist in the font (for example, the dove and Earth symbols). An unusual character in the font is the "man in business suit levitating". According to Vincent Connare, who designed the font, the character was intended as a nod to the logo of the British ska record label 2 Tone Records. The character has since been adopted as an emoji: . Connare also designed the lightning bolt symbol to resemble the one on the cover of the David Bowie album Aladdin Sane. Following the controversy over possible antisemitic messages in the Wingdings font, Connare intentionally rendered the Webdings character sequence "NYC" as an eye, a heart, and a city skyline, referring to the I Love New York logo.
References
External links
Webdings font information (Microsoft typography) Webdings info page (Microsoft typography) Downloadable version of Webdings for Windows (Core fonts for the Web)
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