Webdings
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| Typeface | Webdings |
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| Category | Symbol |
| Designer(s) | Vincent Connare Sue Lightfoot Ian Patterson Geraldine Wade |
| Foundry | Microsoft |
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Webdings is a TrueType dingbat font developed in 1997 and included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since that time. Most of the glyphs have no Unicode character equivalents.
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[edit] Easter Eggs
When typing the initials for New York City, "NYC", the three resulting glyphs are an eye, a heart, and a city skyline: "I Love New York." A Microsoft spokesperson explained that "typographers took pains to ensure that the image corresponding with the capital letters NYC was a pleasant one".[1] This occurred after Wingdings accidentally associated "NYC" with a poison (death) symbol, a Jewish Magen David, and a thumbs-up, creating what appeared to some people as an endorsement of anti-Semitism.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Font chart for webdings and wingdings (hosted by Google cache)
- Webdings font information (Microsoft typography)
- Webdings info page (Microsoft typography)
- Downloadable version of Webdings for Windows (Core fonts for the Web)
