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'''Wingdings''' is a [[TrueType]] dingbat font included in | '''Wingdings''' is a [[TrueType]] dingbat font included in [[Microsoft Windows]] since version 3.1<ref name="microsoft1">[http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=133 Fonts supplied with Windows 3.1.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> onwards, and also in a number of application packages of that era.<ref name="microsoftdocs">[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/wingdings Wingdings font family]</ref> | ||
The Wingdings trademark is owned by Microsoft,<ref name="microsoft1">[http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=133 Fonts supplied with Windows 3.1.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the design and glyph order was awarded U.S. [[Design patent|Design Patent]] D341848 in 1993.<ref>{{cite patent |country=US |number=D341848S |status=patent |gdate=1993-11-30}}</ref> The patent expired in 2007. In many other countries, a Design Patent would be called a ''registered design''. It is registration of a design to deter imitation, rather than a claim of a novel invention. | The Wingdings trademark is owned by Microsoft,<ref name="microsoft1">[http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=133 Fonts supplied with Windows 3.1.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the design and glyph order was awarded U.S. [[Design patent|Design Patent]] D341848 in 1993.<ref>{{cite patent |country=US |number=D341848S |status=patent |gdate=1993-11-30}}</ref> The patent expired in 2007. In many other countries, a Design Patent would be called a ''registered design''. It is registration of a design to deter imitation, rather than a claim of a novel invention. | ||
This font contains many largely recognized shapes and gestures as well as some recognized world symbols, such as the [[Star of David]], the symbols of the [[zodiac]], [[index (typography)|index]] or manicule signs, hand gestures, and obscure [[ampersand]]s. | This font contains many largely recognized shapes and gestures as well as some recognized world symbols, such as the [[Star of David]], the symbols of the [[zodiac]], [[index (typography)|index]] or manicule signs, hand gestures, and obscure [[ampersand]]s. Although this table may display shaded or colored icons (due to lack of browser support for {{unichar|FE0E|nlink=}}) all the characters were black and white. | ||
[[Image: Wingdings.png|thumb|Mosaic of Wingdings characters]] | [[Image: Wingdings.png|thumb|Mosaic of Wingdings characters]] | ||
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|{{chset-cell1|u=1F56D|U+1F56D RINGING BELL|[[🕭]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F56D|U+1F56D RINGING BELL|[[🕭]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F56E|U+1F56E BOOK|[[🕮]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F56E|U+1F56E BOOK|[[🕮]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F56F|U+1F56F CANDLE|[[🕯]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F56F|U+1F56F CANDLE|[[🕯|🕯︎]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F57F|U+1F57F BLACK TOUCHTONE TELEPHONE|[[🕿]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F57F|U+1F57F BLACK TOUCHTONE TELEPHONE|[[🕿]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=2706|U+2706 TELEPHONE LOCATION SIGN|[[✆]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=2706|U+2706 TELEPHONE LOCATION SIGN|[[✆]]}} | ||
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|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5CF|U+1F5CF PAGE|[[🗏]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5CF|U+1F5CF PAGE|[[🗏]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5D0|U+1F5D0 PAGES|[[🗐]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5D0|U+1F5D0 PAGES|[[🗐]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5C4|U+1F5C4 FILE CABINET|[[🗄]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5C4|U+1F5C4 FILE CABINET|[[🗄|🗄︎]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=23F3|U+23F3 HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND|[[⏳|⏳︎]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=23F3|U+23F3 HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND|[[⏳|⏳︎]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5AE|U+1F5AE WIRED KEYBOARD|[[🖮]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5AE|U+1F5AE WIRED KEYBOARD|[[🖮]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B0|U+1F5B0 TWO BUTTON MOUSE|[[🖰]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B0|U+1F5B0 TWO BUTTON MOUSE|[[🖰]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B2|U+1F5B2 TRACKBALL|[[🖲]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B2|U+1F5B2 TRACKBALL|[[🖲|🖲︎]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B3|U+1F5B3 OLD PERSONAL COMPUTER|[[🖳]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B3|U+1F5B3 OLD PERSONAL COMPUTER|[[🖳]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B4|U+1F5B4 HARD DISK|[[🖴]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5B4|U+1F5B4 HARD DISK|[[🖴]]}} | ||
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|{{chset-cell1|u=262A|U+262A STAR AND CRESCENT|[[☪]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=262A|U+262A STAR AND CRESCENT|[[☪]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=262F|U+262F YIN YANG|[[☯]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=262F|U+262F YIN YANG|[[☯]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F549|U+1F549 OM SYMBOL|[[🕉]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F549|U+1F549 OM SYMBOL|[[🕉|🕉︎]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=2638|U+2638 WHEEL OF DHARMA|[[☸]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=2638|U+2638 WHEEL OF DHARMA|[[☸]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=2648|U+2648 ARIES|[[♈|♈︎]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=2648|U+2648 ARIES|[[♈|♈︎]]}} | ||
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|{{chset-cell1|u=2BB9|U+2BB9 UP ARROWHEAD IN A RECTANGLE BOX|[[⮹]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=2BB9|U+2BB9 UP ARROWHEAD IN A RECTANGLE BOX|[[⮹]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=2318|U+2318 PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN|[[⌘]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=2318|U+2318 PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN|[[⌘]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F3F5|U+1F3F5 ROSETTE|[[🏵]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F3F5|U+1F3F5 ROSETTE|[[🏵|🏵︎]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F3F6|U+1F3F6 BLACK ROSETTE|[[🏶]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F3F6|U+1F3F6 BLACK ROSETTE|[[🏶]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F676|U+1F676 SANS-SERIF HEAVY DOUBLE TURNED COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT|[[🙶]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F676|U+1F676 SANS-SERIF HEAVY DOUBLE TURNED COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT|[[🙶]]}} | ||
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|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5F7|U+1F5F7 BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD SCRIPT X|[[🗷]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5F7|U+1F5F7 BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD SCRIPT X|[[🗷]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1|u=1F5F9|U+1F5F9 BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD CHECK|[[🗹]]}} | |{{chset-cell1|u=1F5F9|U+1F5F9 BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD CHECK|[[🗹]]}} | ||
|{{chset-cell1| | |{{chset-cell1||[[File:Microsoft_Logo_Wingdings_Font.svg|frameless|20px|alt=Windows icon]]|fn={{efn|The character 255 (FF) represents the [[Windows key|Windows icon]] (used before XP/2003, although it was never changed), which as a corporate logo has no Unicode point. Similar Unicode characters include {{sc2|U+1FA9F}} 🪟︎ {{sc2|WINDOW}}. Compare the status of the [[Apple logo]] in [[Mac OS Roman]] and [[Symbol (typeface)#Encoding|Mac OS Symbol]].}}}} | ||
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[[Category:Typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow (type designer)]] | [[Category:Typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow (type designer)]] | ||
[[Category:Typefaces designed by Kris Holmes]] | [[Category:Typefaces designed by Kris Holmes]] | ||
[[Category:Computing-related controversies]] | [[Category:Computing-related controversies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:01, 16 June 2025
Template:Short description Template:Not to be confused with Template:Contains special characters Template:Infobox character encoding
Wingdings is a series of dingbat fonts that render letters as a variety of symbols. They were originally developed in 1990 by Microsoft by combining glyphs from Lucida Icons, Arrows, and Stars licensed from Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes.[1] Certain versions of the font's copyright string include attribution to Type Solutions, Inc., the maker of a tool used to hint the font.
None of the characters were mapped to Unicode at the time; however, Unicode approved the addition of many symbols in the Wingdings and Webdings fonts in Unicode 7.0.[2][3]
Versions
Wingdings
Wingdings is a TrueType dingbat font included in Microsoft Windows since version 3.1[4] onwards, and also in a number of application packages of that era.[5]
The Wingdings trademark is owned by Microsoft,[4] and the design and glyph order was awarded U.S. Design Patent D341848 in 1993.[6] The patent expired in 2007. In many other countries, a Design Patent would be called a registered design. It is registration of a design to deter imitation, rather than a claim of a novel invention.
This font contains many largely recognized shapes and gestures as well as some recognized world symbols, such as the Star of David, the symbols of the zodiac, index or manicule signs, hand gestures, and obscure ampersands. Although this table may display shaded or colored icons (due to lack of browser support for Template:Unichar) all the characters were black and white.
Wingdings 2
Template:Infobox font Wingdings 2 is a TrueType font distributed with a variety of Microsoft applications, including Microsoft Office up to version 2010.[5] The font was developed in 1990 by Type Solutions, Inc. The current copyright holder is Microsoft Corporation. Among the features of Wingdings 2 are 16 forms of the index, Enclosed Alphanumerics from 0 to 10, multiple forms of ampersand and interrobang, several geometric shapes and an asterism.
Wingdings 3
Wingdings 3 is a TrueType dingbat font distributed with Microsoft Office (up to version 2010) and some other Microsoft products.[5]
The font was originally developed in 1990 by Type Solutions, Inc. Since 2006, the copyright holder is Microsoft Corporation. Wingdings 3 consists almost entirely of arrow variations and includes many symbols for keytops as defined in ISO/IEC 9995-7.
Controversy
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In 1992, only days after the release of Windows 3.1, it was discovered that "NYC" (New York City) in Wingdings was rendered as a skull and crossbones symbol, Star of David, and thumbs up gesture. This was often said to be an antisemitic message referencing New York's large Jewish community.[7] Microsoft strongly denied this was intentional, and insisted that the final arrangement of the glyphs in the font was largely random. "NYC" in the later-released Webdings font was intentionally rendered as eye, heart, and city skyline, referring to the I Love New York logo.[8]
After September 11, 2001, an email was circulated claiming that "Q33 NY", which it claims is the flight number of the first plane to hit the Twin Towers, in Wingdings would bring up a character sequence of a plane flying eastwards, followed by two rectangular paper sheet icons which may be interpreted as skyscrapers, followed by the skull and crossbones symbol and the Star of David.[7] This is a hoax; the flight numbers of the airplanes that hit the towers were AA11 and UA175; the tail numbers were N334AA and N612UA.[9]
In popular culture
- In the indie video game Undertale made by Toby Fox, a hidden character known as W. D. Gaster uses the Wingdings typeface to speak.[10] Specifically, Gaster uses it to speak during his Lab Entry #17, and on older versions of the Deltarune website.[11]
- In a Saturday Night Live sketch in April 2024, Ryan Gosling plays Stephen Wingdings, son of Wingdings' fictitious creator—Jonathan Wingdings—a dad who was always "hard to read."[12]
- In an episode of Teen Titans Go!, a parody version of the font called "Zimdings" is seen, which when selected by Robin, infects the whole town with the font and they have to fix it.
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Unicode 7.0.0 Pictographic symbols (including many emoji), geometric symbols, arrows, and ornaments originating from the Wingdings and Webdings sets
- ↑ Wingdings and Webdings Symbols (Unicode document 11-052) by Michel Suignard, 2011-02-15, the study of the repertoire and possibilities of unification
- ↑ a b Fonts supplied with Windows 3.1.
- ↑ a b c Wingdings font family
- ↑ Template:Cite patent
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".