Wingdings series
Language(s)Dingbat ornaments
DefinitionsUTC L2/12-368
ClassificationPi fonts
Other related encoding(s)Webdings, Zapf Dingbats, Bookshelf Symbol 7

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]

Wingdings

Wingdings
CategorySymbol
Designer(s)Charles Bigelow
Kris Holmes
FoundryBigelow and Holmes, Microsoft Corp.
Date released1990
Wingdings sample text
Sample

Wingdings is a TrueType dingbat font included in all versions of Microsoft Windows from version 3.1[4] until Windows Vista/Server 2008, 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][7] The patent expired in 2005. 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.

Mosaic of Wingdings characters

Character set

Wingdings
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x
1x
2x  SP  ๐Ÿ–‰
1F589
โœ‚
2702
โœ
2701
๐Ÿ‘“๏ธŽ
1F453
๐Ÿ•ญ
1F56D
๐Ÿ•ฎ
1F56E
๐Ÿ•ฏ
1F56F
๐Ÿ•ฟ
1F57F
โœ†
2706
๐Ÿ–‚
1F582
๐Ÿ–ƒ
1F583
๐Ÿ“ช๏ธŽ
1F4EA
๐Ÿ“ซ๏ธŽ
1F4EB
๐Ÿ“ฌ๏ธŽ
1F4EC
๐Ÿ“ญ๏ธŽ
1F4ED
3x ๐Ÿ—€
1F5C0
๐Ÿ—
1F5C1
๐Ÿ—Ž
1F5CE
๐Ÿ—
1F5CF
๐Ÿ—
1F5D0
๐Ÿ—„
1F5C4
โŒ›๏ธŽ
231B
๐Ÿ–ฎ
1F5AE
๐Ÿ–ฐ
1F5B0
๐Ÿ–ฒ
1F5B2
๐Ÿ–ณ
1F5B3
๐Ÿ–ด
1F5B4
๐Ÿ–ซ
1F5AB
๐Ÿ–ฌ
1F5AC
โœ‡
2707
โœ
270D
4x ๐Ÿ–Ž
1F58E
โœŒ
270C
๐Ÿ–
1F58F
๐Ÿ‘๏ธŽ
1F44D
๐Ÿ‘Ž๏ธŽ
1F44E
โ˜œ
261C
โ˜ž
261E
โ˜
261D
โ˜Ÿ
261F
๐Ÿ–
1F590
โ˜บ
263A
๐Ÿ˜๏ธŽ
1F610
โ˜น
2639
๐Ÿ’ฃ๏ธŽ
1F4A3
๐Ÿ•ฑ
1F571
๐Ÿณ
1F3F3
5x ๐Ÿฑ
1F3F1
โœˆ
2708
โ˜ผ
263C
๐ŸŒข
1F322
โ„
2744
๐Ÿ•†
1F546
โœž
271E
๐Ÿ•ˆ
1F548
โœ 
2720
โœก
2721
โ˜ช
262A
โ˜ฏ
262F
๐Ÿ•‰
1F549
โ˜ธ
2638
โ™ˆ๏ธŽ
2648
โ™‰๏ธŽ
2649
6x โ™Š๏ธŽ
264A
โ™‹๏ธŽ
264B
โ™Œ๏ธŽ
264C
โ™๏ธŽ
264D
โ™Ž๏ธŽ
264E
โ™๏ธŽ
264F
โ™๏ธŽ
2650
โ™‘๏ธŽ
2651
โ™’๏ธŽ
2652
โ™“๏ธŽ
2653
๐Ÿ™ฐ
1F670
๐Ÿ™ต
1F675
โšซ๏ธŽ
26AB
๐Ÿ”พ
1F53E
โ—ผ
25FC
๐Ÿž
1F78F
7x ๐Ÿž
1F790
โ‘
2751
โ’
2752
๐ŸžŸ
1F79F
โงซ
29EB
โ—†
25C6
โ–
2756
โฌฉ
2B29
โŒง
2327
โฎน
2BB9
โŒ˜
2318
๐Ÿต
1F3F5
๐Ÿถ
1F3F6
๐Ÿ™ถ
1F676
๐Ÿ™ท
1F677
โ–ฏ
25AF
8x ๐Ÿ„‹
1F10B
โž€
2780
โž
2781
โž‚
2782
โžƒ
2783
โž„
2784
โž…
2785
โž†
2786
โž‡
2787
โžˆ
2788
โž‰
2789
๐Ÿ„Œ
1F10C
โžŠ
278A
โž‹
278B
โžŒ
278C
โž
278D
9x โžŽ
278E
โž
278F
โž
2790
โž‘
2791
โž’
2792
โž“
2793
๐Ÿ™ข
1F662
๐Ÿ™ 
1F660
๐Ÿ™ก
1F661
๐Ÿ™ฃ
1F663
๐Ÿ™ž
1F65E
๐Ÿ™œ
1F65C
๐Ÿ™
1F65D
๐Ÿ™Ÿ
1F65F
โˆ™
2219
โ€ข
2022
Ax โฌ
2B1D
โญ˜
2B58
๐Ÿž†
1F786
๐Ÿžˆ
1F788
๐ŸžŠ
1F78A
๐Ÿž‹
1F78B
๐Ÿ”ฟ
1F53F
โ–ช
25AA
๐ŸžŽ
1F78E
๐ŸŸ
1F7C1
๐ŸŸ…
1F7C5
โ˜…
2605
๐ŸŸ‹
1F7CB
๐ŸŸ
1F7CF
๐ŸŸ“
1F7D3
๐ŸŸ‘
1F7D1
Bx โฏ
2BD0
โŒ–
2316
โฏŽ
2BCE
โฏ
2BCF
โฏ‘
2BD1
โœช
272A
โœฐ
2730
๐Ÿ•๏ธŽ
1F550
๐Ÿ•‘๏ธŽ
1F551
๐Ÿ•’๏ธŽ
1F552
๐Ÿ•“๏ธŽ
1F553
๐Ÿ•”๏ธŽ
1F554
๐Ÿ••๏ธŽ
1F555
๐Ÿ•–๏ธŽ
1F556
๐Ÿ•—๏ธŽ
1F557
๐Ÿ•˜๏ธŽ
1F558
Cx ๐Ÿ•™๏ธŽ
1F559
๐Ÿ•š๏ธŽ
1F55A
๐Ÿ•›๏ธŽ
1F55B
โฎฐ
2BB0
โฎฑ
2BB1
โฎฒ
2BB2
โฎณ
2BB3
โฎด
2BB4
โฎต
2BB5
โฎถ
2BB6
โฎท
2BB7
๐Ÿ™ช
1F66A
๐Ÿ™ซ
1F66B
๐Ÿ™•
1F655
๐Ÿ™”
1F654
๐Ÿ™—
1F657
Dx ๐Ÿ™–
1F656
๐Ÿ™
1F650
๐Ÿ™‘
1F651
๐Ÿ™’
1F652
๐Ÿ™“
1F653
โŒซ
232B
โŒฆ
2326
โฎ˜
2B98
โฎš
2B9A
โฎ™
2B99
โฎ›
2B9B
โฎˆ
2B88
โฎŠ
2B8A
โฎ‰
2B89
โฎ‹
2B8B
๐Ÿกจ
1F868
Ex ๐Ÿกช
1F86A
๐Ÿกฉ
1F869
๐Ÿกซ
1F86B
๐Ÿกฌ
1F86C
๐Ÿกญ
1F86D
๐Ÿกฏ
1F86F
๐Ÿกฎ
1F86E
๐Ÿกธ
1F878
๐Ÿกบ
1F87A
๐Ÿกน
1F879
๐Ÿกป
1F87B
๐Ÿกผ
1F87C
๐Ÿกฝ
1F87D
๐Ÿกฟ
1F87F
๐Ÿกพ
1F87E
โ‡ฆ
21E6
Fx โ‡จ
21E8
โ‡ง
21E7
โ‡ฉ
21E9
โฌ„
2B04
โ‡ณ
21F3
โฌ
2B01
โฌ€
2B00
โฌƒ
2B03
โฌ‚
2B02
๐Ÿขฌ
1F8AC
๐Ÿขญ
1F8AD
๐Ÿ—ถ
1F5F6
โœ“
2713
๐Ÿ—ท
1F5F7
๐Ÿ—น
1F5F9
Windows icon[lower-alpha 1]
  1. โ†‘ The character 255 (FF) represents the Windows icon, which as a corporate logo has no Unicode point. Similar Unicode characters include U+1FA9F ๐ŸชŸ๏ธŽ WINDOW. Compare the status of the Apple logo in Mac OS Roman and Mac OS Symbol.

Wingdings 2

Wingdings
CategoryDingbat
Designer(s)Charles Bigelow
Kris Holmes
FoundryType Solutions
Wingdings 2 sample text
Sample

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.

Mosaic of Wingdings 2 characters

Character set

Wingdings 2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x
1x
2x  SP  ๐Ÿ–Š
1F58A
๐Ÿ–‹
1F58B
๐Ÿ–Œ
1F58C
๐Ÿ–
1F58D
โœ„
2704
โœ€
2700
๐Ÿ•พ
1F57E
๐Ÿ•ฝ
1F57D
๐Ÿ—…
1F5C5
๐Ÿ—†
1F5C6
๐Ÿ—‡
1F5C7
๐Ÿ—ˆ
1F5C8
๐Ÿ—‰
1F5C9
๐Ÿ—Š
1F5CA
๐Ÿ—‹
1F5CB
3x ๐Ÿ—Œ
1F5CC
๐Ÿ—
1F5CD
๐Ÿ“‹๏ธŽ
1F4CB
๐Ÿ—‘
1F5D1
๐Ÿ—”
1F5D4
๐Ÿ–ต
1F5B5
๐Ÿ–ถ
1F5B6
๐Ÿ–ท
1F5B7
๐Ÿ–ธ
1F5B8
๐Ÿ–ญ
1F5AD
๐Ÿ–ฏ
1F5AF
๐Ÿ–ฑ
1F5B1
๐Ÿ–’
1F592
๐Ÿ–“
1F593
๐Ÿ–˜
1F598
๐Ÿ–™
1F599
4x ๐Ÿ–š
1F59A
๐Ÿ–›
1F59B
๐Ÿ‘ˆ๏ธŽ
1F448
๐Ÿ‘‰๏ธŽ
1F449
๐Ÿ–œ
1F59C
๐Ÿ–
1F59D
๐Ÿ–ž
1F59E
๐Ÿ–Ÿ
1F59F
๐Ÿ– 
1F5A0
๐Ÿ–ก
1F5A1
๐Ÿ‘†๏ธŽ
1F446
๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธŽ
1F447
๐Ÿ–ข
1F5A2
๐Ÿ–ฃ
1F5A3
๐Ÿ–‘
1F591
๐Ÿ—ด
1F5F4
5x ๐Ÿ—ธ
1F5F8
๐Ÿ—ต
1F5F5
โ˜‘
2611
โฎฝ
2BBD
โ˜’
2612
โฎพ
2BBE
โฎฟ
2BBF
๐Ÿ›‡
1F6C7
โฆธ
29B8
๐Ÿ™ฑ
1F671
๐Ÿ™ด
1F674
๐Ÿ™ฒ
1F672
๐Ÿ™ณ
1F673
โ€ฝ
203D
๐Ÿ™น
1F679
๐Ÿ™บ
1F67A
6x ๐Ÿ™ป
1F67B
๐Ÿ™ฆ
1F666
๐Ÿ™ค
1F664
๐Ÿ™ฅ
1F665
๐Ÿ™ง
1F667
๐Ÿ™š
1F65A
๐Ÿ™˜
1F658
๐Ÿ™™
1F659
๐Ÿ™›
1F65B
โ“ช
24EA
โ‘ 
2460
โ‘ก
2461
โ‘ข
2462
โ‘ฃ
2463
โ‘ค
2464
โ‘ฅ
2465
7x โ‘ฆ
2466
โ‘ง
2467
โ‘จ
2468
โ‘ฉ
2469
โ“ฟ
24FF
โถ
2776
โท
2777
โธ
2778
โน
2779
โบ
277A
โป
277B
โผ
277C
โฝ
277D
โพ
277E
โฟ
277F
8x โ˜‰
2609
๐ŸŒ•๏ธŽ
1F315
โ˜ฝ
263D
โ˜พ
263E
โธฟ
2E3F
โœ
271D
๐Ÿ•‡
1F547
๐Ÿ•œ๏ธŽ
1F55C
๐Ÿ•๏ธŽ
1F55D
๐Ÿ•ž๏ธŽ
1F55E
๐Ÿ•Ÿ๏ธŽ
1F55F
๐Ÿ• ๏ธŽ
1F560
๐Ÿ•ก๏ธŽ
1F561
๐Ÿ•ข๏ธŽ
1F562
๐Ÿ•ฃ๏ธŽ
1F563
๐Ÿ•ค๏ธŽ
1F564
9x ๐Ÿ•ฅ๏ธŽ
1F565
๐Ÿ•ฆ๏ธŽ
1F566
๐Ÿ•ง๏ธŽ
1F567
๐Ÿ™จ
1F668
๐Ÿ™ฉ
1F669
โ‹…
22C5
๐Ÿž„
1F784
โฆ
2981
โ—
25CF
โ—‹
25CB
๐Ÿž…
1F785
๐Ÿž‡
1F787
๐Ÿž‰
1F789
โŠ™
2299
โฆฟ
29BF
๐ŸžŒ
1F78C
Ax ๐Ÿž
1F78D
โ—พ๏ธŽ
25FE
โ– 
25A0
โ–ก
25A1
๐Ÿž‘
1F791
๐Ÿž’
1F792
๐Ÿž“
1F793
๐Ÿž”
1F794
โ–ฃ
25A3
๐Ÿž•
1F795
๐Ÿž–
1F796
๐Ÿž—
1F797
๐Ÿž˜
1F798
โฌฉ
2B29
โฌฅ
2B25
โ—‡
25C7
Bx ๐Ÿžš
1F79A
โ—ˆ
25C8
๐Ÿž›
1F79B
๐Ÿžœ
1F79C
๐Ÿž
1F79D
๐Ÿžž
1F79E
โฌช
2B2A
โฌง
2B27
โ—Š
25CA
๐Ÿž 
1F7A0
โ—–
25D6
โ——
25D7
โฏŠ
2BCA
โฏ‹
2BCB
โฏ€
2BC0
โฏ
2BC1
Cx โฌŸ
2B1F
โฏ‚
2BC2
โฌฃ
2B23
โฌข
2B22
โฏƒ
2BC3
โฏ„
2BC4
๐Ÿžก
1F7A1
๐Ÿžข
1F7A2
๐Ÿžฃ
1F7A3
๐Ÿžค
1F7A4
๐Ÿžฅ
1F7A5
๐Ÿžฆ
1F7A6
๐Ÿžง
1F7A7
๐Ÿžจ
1F7A8
๐Ÿžฉ
1F7A9
๐Ÿžช
1F7AA
Dx ๐Ÿžซ
1F7AB
๐Ÿžฌ
1F7AC
๐Ÿžญ
1F7AD
๐Ÿžฎ
1F7AE
๐Ÿžฏ
1F7AF
๐Ÿžฐ
1F7B0
๐Ÿžฑ
1F7B1
๐Ÿžฒ
1F7B2
๐Ÿžณ
1F7B3
๐Ÿžด
1F7B4
๐Ÿžต
1F7B5
๐Ÿžถ
1F7B6
๐Ÿžท
1F7B7
๐Ÿžธ
1F7B8
๐Ÿžน
1F7B9
๐Ÿžบ
1F7BA
Ex ๐Ÿžป
1F7BB
๐Ÿžผ
1F7BC
๐Ÿžฝ
1F7BD
๐Ÿžพ
1F7BE
๐Ÿžฟ
1F7BF
๐ŸŸ€
1F7C0
๐ŸŸ‚
1F7C2
๐ŸŸ„
1F7C4
๐ŸŸ†
1F7C6
๐ŸŸ‰
1F7C9
๐ŸŸŠ
1F7CA
โœถ
2736
๐ŸŸŒ
1F7CC
๐ŸŸŽ
1F7CE
๐ŸŸ
1F7D0
๐ŸŸ’
1F7D2
Fx โœน
2739
๐ŸŸƒ
1F7C3
๐ŸŸ‡
1F7C7
โœฏ
272F
๐ŸŸ
1F7CD
๐ŸŸ”
1F7D4
โฏŒ
2BCC
โฏ
2BCD
โ€ป
203B
โ‚
2042

Wingdings 3

Wingdings 3
CategorySymbol
Designer(s)Charles Bigelow
Kris Holmes
FoundryType Solutions
Wingdings 3 sample text
Sample

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. Currently, 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.

Mosaic of Wingdings 3 characters

Character set

Wingdings 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x
1x
2x  SP  โญ 
2B60
โญข
2B62
โญก
2B61
โญฃ
2B63
โญฆ
2B66
โญง
2B67
โญฉ
2B69
โญจ
2B68
โญฐ
2B70
โญฒ
2B72
โญฑ
2B71
โญณ
2B73
โญถ
2B76
โญธ
2B78
โญป
2B7B
3x โญฝ
2B7D
โญค
2B64
โญฅ
2B65
โญช
2B6A
โญฌ
2B6C
โญซ
2B6B
โญญ
2B6D
โญ
2B4D
โฎ 
2BA0
โฎก
2BA1
โฎข
2BA2
โฎฃ
2BA3
โฎค
2BA4
โฎฅ
2BA5
โฎฆ
2BA6
โฎง
2BA7
4x โฎ
2B90
โฎ‘
2B91
โฎ’
2B92
โฎ“
2B93
โฎ€
2B80
โฎƒ
2B83
โญพ
2B7E
โญฟ
2B7F
โฎ„
2B84
โฎ†
2B86
โฎ…
2B85
โฎ‡
2B87
โฎ
2B8F
โฎ
2B8D
โฎŽ
2B8E
โฎŒ
2B8C
5x โญฎ
2B6E
โญฏ
2B6F
โŽ‹
238B
โŒค
2324
โŒƒ
2303
โŒฅ
2325
โฃ
2423
โฝ
237D
โ‡ช
21EA
โฎธ
2BB8
๐Ÿข 
1F8A0
๐Ÿขก
1F8A1
๐Ÿขข
1F8A2
๐Ÿขฃ
1F8A3
๐Ÿขค
1F8A4
๐Ÿขฅ
1F8A5
6x ๐Ÿขฆ
1F8A6
๐Ÿขง
1F8A7
๐Ÿขจ
1F8A8
๐Ÿขฉ
1F8A9
๐Ÿขช
1F8AA
๐Ÿขซ
1F8AB
๐Ÿก
1F850
๐Ÿก’
1F852
๐Ÿก‘
1F851
๐Ÿก“
1F853
๐Ÿก”
1F854
๐Ÿก•
1F855
๐Ÿก—
1F857
๐Ÿก–
1F856
๐Ÿก˜
1F858
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Controversy

"NYC" in Wingdings

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.[8] 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.[9]

"Q33 NY" in Wingdings

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 into two rectangular paper sheet icons which may be interpreted as skyscrapers, followed by the skull and crossbones symbol and the Star of David.[8] 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.[10]

In the indie video game Undertale, a hidden character known as W. D. Gaster uses the Wingdings typeface to speak.[11] In specific, Gaster uses it to speak during his Lab Entry #17, and on older versions of the Deltarune website.

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ Notes on Lucida designs(by Charles Bigelow, November 2005)
  2. โ†‘ Unicode 7.0.0 Pictographic symbols (including many emoji), geometric symbols, arrows, and ornaments originating from the Wingdings and Webdings sets
  3. โ†‘ Wingdings and Webdings Symbols (Unicode document 11-052) by Michel Suignard, 2011-02-15, the study of the repertoire and possibilities of unification
  4. 1 2 Fonts supplied with Windows 3.1.
  5. 1 2 3 Wingdings font family
  6. โ†‘ Typeface - Google Patent Search
  7. โ†‘ United States Patent: D341848
  8. 1 2 "Does Microsoft's Wingdings font includes hidden anti-Semitic and 9/11-referential messages?". Snopes.com. 11 December 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. โ†‘ MS Denies Wingding Thing, Again|Wired Magazine
  10. โ†‘ Christensen, Brett M. (9 February 2017). "Q33 NY Wingdings Hoax โ€“ Elevens and the Wrath of the Eagle". Hoax-Slayer. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  11. โ†‘ Creswell, Jacob (2021-08-14). "Undertale: Who Is W. D. Gaster?". CBR. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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