Dingbat

This article is about the typesetter's ornament. For other uses, see Dingbat (disambiguation).
Poem typeset with generous use of decorative dingbats around the edges 1880s. Dingbats are not part of the text.

A dingbat, sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character, is an ornament, character, or spacer used in typesetting, often employed for the creation of box frames. The term continues to be used in the computer industry to describe fonts that have symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters.

Examples of characters included in Unicode (ITC Zapf Dingbats series 100 and others):

 ✁✂✃✄☎✆✇✈✉☛☞✌✍✎✏
✐✑✒✓✔✕✖✗✘✙✚✛✜✝✞✟
✠✡✢✣✤✥✦✧★✩✪✫✬✭✮✯
✰✱✲✳✴✵✶✷✸✹✺✻✼✽✾✿
❀❁❂❃❄❅❆❇❈❉❊❋●❍■❏
☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○❐❑❒▲▼◆❖
◗❘❙❚❛❜❝❞ 

The advent of Unicode and the universal character set it provides allowed commonly used dingbats to be given their own character codes. Although fonts claiming Unicode coverage will contain glyphs for dingbats in addition to alphabetic characters, fonts that have dingbats in place of alphabetic characters continue to be popular, primarily for ease of input. Such fonts are also sometimes known as pi fonts.[1]

Some of the dingbat symbols have been used as signature marks, used in bookbinding to order sections.

Dingbats Unicode block

Dingbats
Range U+2700..U+27BF
(192 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Common
Assigned 192 code points
Unused 0 reserved code points
Source standards ITC Zapf Dingbats series 100
Unicode version history
1.0.0 160 (+160)
3.2 174 (+14)
5.2 175 (+1)
6.0 191 (+16)
7.0 192 (+1)
Note: [2][3]

The Dingbats block (U+2700–U+27BF) was added to the Unicode Standard in June 1993, with the release of version 1.1. This code block contains decorative character variants, and other marks of emphasis and non-textual symbolism. Most of its characters were taken from Zapf Dingbats.

Character table

Code Result Description
U+2701 ✁ Upper blade scissors
U+2702 ✂ Black scissors
U+2703 ✃ Lower blade scissors
U+2704 ✄ White scissors
U+2705 ✅ White heavy check mark
U+2706 ✆ Telephone location sign
U+2707 ✇ Tape drive
U+2708 ✈ Airplane
U+2709 ✉ Envelope
U+270A ✊ Raised fist
U+270B ✋ Raised hand
U+270C ✌ Victory hand
U+270D ✍ Writing hand
U+270E ✎ Lower right pencil
U+270F ✏ Pencil
U+2710 ✐ Upper right pencil
U+2711 ✑ White nib
U+2712 ✒ Black nib
U+2713 ✓ Check mark
U+2714 ✔ Heavy check mark
U+2715 ✕ Multiplication X
U+2716 ✖ Heavy multiplication X
U+2717 ✗ Ballot X
U+2718 ✘ Heavy ballot X
U+2719 ✙ Outlined Greek cross
U+271A ✚ Heavy Greek cross
U+271B ✛ Open center cross
U+271C ✜ Heavy open center cross
U+271D ✝ Latin cross
U+271E ✞ Shadowed white Latin cross
U+271F ✟ Outlined Latin cross
U+2720 ✠ Maltese cross
U+2721 ✡ Star of David
U+2722 ✢ Four teardrop-spoked asterisk
U+2723 ✣ Four balloon-spoked asterisk
U+2724 ✤ Heavy four balloon-spoked asterisk
U+2725 ✥ Four club-spoked asterisk
U+2726 ✦ Black four-pointed star
U+2727 ✧ White four-pointed star
U+2728 ✨ Sparkles
U+2729 ✩ Stress outlined white star
U+272A ✪ Circled white star
U+272B ✫ Open center black star
U+272C ✬ Black center white star
U+272D ✭ Outlined black star
U+272E ✮ Heavy outlined black star
U+272F ✯ Pinwheel star
U+2730 ✰ Shadowed white star
U+2731 ✱ Heavy asterisk
U+2732 ✲ Open center asterisk
U+2733 ✳ Eight spoked asterisk
U+2734 ✴ Eight pointed black star
U+2735 ✵ Eight pointed pinwheel star
U+2736 ✶ Six pointed black star
U+2737 ✷ Eight pointed rectilinear black star
U+2738 ✸ Heavy eight pointed rectilinear black star
U+2739 ✹ Twelve pointed black star
U+273A ✺ Sixteen pointed asterisk
U+273B ✻ Teardrop spoked asterisk
U+273C ✼ Open center teardrop spoked asterisk
U+273D ✽ Heavy teardrop spoked asterisk
U+273E ✾ Six petalled black and white florette
U+273F ✿ Black florette
U+2740 ❀ White florette
U+2741 ❁ Eight petalled outlined black florette
U+2742 ❂ Circled open center eight pointed star
U+2743 ❃ Heavy teardrop spoked pinwheel asterisk
U+2744 ❄ Snowflake
U+2745 ❅ Tight trifoliate snowflake
U+2746 ❆ Heavy chevron snowflake
U+2747 ❇ Sparkle
U+2748 ❈ Heavy sparkle
U+2749 ❉ Balloon spoked asterisk
U+274A ❊ Eight teardrop spoked propeller asterisk
U+274B ❋ Heavy eight teardrop spoked propeller asterisk
U+274C ❌ Cross mark
U+274D ❍ Shadowed white circle
U+274E ❎ Negative squared cross mark
U+274F ❏ Lower right drop-shadowed white square
U+2750 ❐ Upper right drop-shadowed white square
U+2751 ❑ Lower right shadowed white square
U+2752 ❒ Upper right shadowed white square
U+2753 ❓ Black question mark ornament
U+2754 ❔ White question mark ornament
U+2755 ❕ White exclamation mark ornament
U+2756 ❖ Black diamond minus white X
U+2757 ❗ Heavy exclamation mark symbol
U+2758 ❘ Light vertical bar
U+2759 ❙ Medium vertical bar
U+275A ❚ Heavy vertical bar
U+275B ❛ Heavy single turned comma quotation mark ornament
U+275C ❜ Heavy single comma quotation mark ornament
U+275D ❝ Heavy double turned comma quotation mark ornament
U+275E ❞ Heavy double comma quotation mark ornament
U+275F ❜ Heavy low single comma quotation mark ornament
U+2760 ❞ Heavy low double comma quotation mark ornament
U+2761 ❡ Curved stem paragraph sign ornament
U+2762 ❢ Heavy exclamation mark ornament
U+2763 ❣ Heavy heart exclamation mark ornament
U+2764 ❤ Heavy black heart
U+2765 ❥ Rotated heavy black heart bullet
U+2766 ❦ Floral heart
U+2767 ❧ Rotated floral heart bullet
U+2768 ❨ Medium left parenthesis ornament
U+2769 ❩ Medium right parenthesis ornament
U+276A ❪ Medium flattened left parenthesis ornament
U+276B ❫ Medium flattened right parenthesis ornament
U+276C ❬ Medium left-pointing angle bracket ornament
U+276D ❭ Medium right-pointing angle bracket ornament
U+276E ❮ Heavy left-pointing angle quotation mark ornament
U+276F ❯ Heavy right-pointing angle quotation mark ornament
U+2770 ❰ Heavy left-pointing angle bracket ornament
U+2771 ❱ Heavy right-pointing angle bracket ornament
U+2772 ❲ Light left tortoise shell bracket ornament
U+2773 ❳ Light right tortoise shell bracket ornament
U+2774 ❴ Medium left curly bracket ornament
U+2775 ❵ Medium left curly bracket ornament
U+2776 ❶ Dingbat negative circled digit one
U+2777 ❷ Dingbat negative circled digit two
U+2778 ❸ Dingbat negative circled digit three
U+2779 ❹ Dingbat negative circled digit four
U+277A ❺ Dingbat negative circled digit five
U+277B ❻ Dingbat negative circled digit six
U+277C ❼ Dingbat negative circled digit seven
U+277D ❽ Dingbat negative circled digit eight
U+277E ❾ Dingbat negative circled digit nine
U+277F ❿ Dingbat negative circled digit ten
U+2780 ➀ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit one
U+2781 ➁ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit two
U+2782 ➂ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit three
U+2783 ➃ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit four
U+2784 ➄ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit five
U+2785 ➅ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit six
U+2786 ➆ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit seven
U+2787 ➇ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit eight
U+2788 ➈ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit nine
U+2789 ➉ Dingbat circled sans-serif digit ten
U+278A ➊ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit one
U+278B ➋ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit two
U+278C ➌ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit three
U+278D ➍ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit four
U+278E ➎ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit five
U+278F ➏ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit six
U+2790 ➐ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit seven
U+2791 ➑ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit eight
U+2792 ➒ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit nine
U+2793 ➓ Dingbat negative circled sans-serif digit ten
U+2794 ➔ Heavy wide-headed rightward arrow
U+2798 ➘ Heavy south east arrow
U+2799 ➙ Heavy rightward arrow
U+279A ➚ Heavy north east arrow
U+279B ➛ Drafting point rightward arrow
U+279C ➜ Heavy round-tipped rightward arrow
U+279D ➝ Triangle-headed rightward arrow
U+279E ➞ Heavy triangle-headed rightward arrow
U+279F ➟ Dashed triangle-headed rightward arrow
U+27A0 ➠ Heavy dashed triangle-headed rightward arrow
U+27A1 ➡ Black rightward arrow
U+27A2 ➢ Three-D top-lighted rightward arrowhead
U+27A3 ➣ Three-D bottom-lighted rightward arrowhead
U+27A4 ➤ Black rightward arrowhead
U+27A5 ➥ Heavy black curved downward and rightward arrow
U+27A6 ➦ Heavy black curved upward and rightward arrow
U+27A7 ➧ Squat black rightward arrow
U+27A8 ➨ Heavy concave-pointed black rightward arrow
U+27A9 ➩ Right-shaded white rightward arrow
U+27AA ➪ Left-shaded white rightward arrow
U+27AB ➫ Back-tilted shadowed white rightward arrow
U+27AC ➬ Front-tilted shadowed white rightward arrow
U+27AD ➭ Heavy lower right-shadowed white rightward arrow
U+27AE ➮ Heavy upper right-shadowed white rightward arrow
U+27AF ➯ Notched lower right-shadowed white rightward arrow
U+27B0 ➰ Curly loop
U+27B1 ➱ Notched upper right-shadowed white rightward arrow
U+27B2 ➲ Circled heavy white rightward arrow
U+27B3 ➳ White-feathered rightward arrow
U+27B4 ➴ Black-feathered south east arrow
U+27B5 ➵ Black-feathered rightward arrow
U+27B6 ➶ Black-feathered north east arrow
U+27B7 ➷ Heavy black-feathered south east arrow
U+27B8 ➸ Heavy black-feathered rightward arrow
U+27B9 ➹ Heavy black-feathered north east arrow
U+27BA ➺ Teardrop-barbed rightward arrow
U+27BB ➻ Heavy teardrop-shanked rightward arrow
U+27BC ➼ Wedge-tailed rightward arrow
U+27BD ➽ Heavy wedge-tailed rightward arrow
U+27BE ➾ Open-outlined rightward arrow
U+27BF ➿ Double curly loop

Compact table

Dingbats[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+270x ✀ ✁ ✂ ✃ ✄ ✅ ✆ ✇ ✈ ✉ ✊ ✋ ✌ ✍ ✎ ✏
U+271x ✐ ✑ ✒ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✗ ✘ ✙ ✚ ✛ ✜ ✝ ✞ ✟
U+272x ✠ ✡ ✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✦ ✧ ✨ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯
U+273x ✰ ✱ ✲ ✳ ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ✽ ✾ ✿
U+274x ❀ ❁ ❂ ❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ ❊ ❋ ❌ ❍ ❎ ❏
U+275x ❐ ❑ ❒ ❓ ❔ ❕ ❖ ❗ ❘ ❙ ❚ ❛ ❜ ❝ ❞ ❟
U+276x ❠ ❡ ❢ ❣ ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ❨ ❩ ❪ ❫ ❬ ❭ ❮ ❯
U+277x ❰ ❱ ❲ ❳ ❴ ❵ ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿
U+278x ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆ ➇ ➈ ➉ ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏
U+279x ➐ ➑ ➒ ➓ ➔ ➕ ➖ ➗ ➘ ➙ ➚ ➛ ➜ ➝ ➞ ➟
U+27Ax ➠ ➡ ➢ ➣ ➤ ➥ ➦ ➧ ➨ ➩ ➪ ➫ ➬ ➭ ➮ ➯
U+27Bx ➰ ➱ ➲ ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹ ➺ ➻ ➼ ➽ ➾ ➿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0

Emoji

The Dingbats block contains 33 emoji: U+2702, U+2705, U+2708–U+270D, U+270F, U+2712, U+2714, U+2716, U+271D, U+2721, U+2728, U+2733–U+2734, U+2744, U+2747, U+274C, U+274E, U+2753–U+2755, U+2757, U+2763–U+2764, U+2795–U+2797, U+27A1, U+27B0 and U+27BF.[4][5]

The block has thirty standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following fifteen base characters: U+2702, U+2708–U+2709, U+270C, U+270F, U+2712, U+2714, U+2716, U+2733–U+2734, U+2744, U+2747, U+2757, U+2764 and U+27A1.[6][7]

Emoji variation sequences
U+ 2702 2708 2709 270C 270F 2712 2714 2716
default presentation text text text text text text text text
base codepoint ✂ ✈ ✉ ✌ ✏ ✒ ✔ ✖
base+VS15 (text) ✂︎ ✈︎ ✉︎ ✌︎ ✏︎ ✒︎ ✔︎ ✖︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ✂️ ✈️ ✉️ ✌️ ✏️ ✒️ ✔️ ✖️
U+ 2733 2734 2744 2747 2757 2764 27A1
default presentation text text text text emoji text text
base codepoint ✳ ✴ ❄ ❇ ❗ ❤ ➡
base+VS15 (text) ✳︎ ✴︎ ❄︎ ❇︎ ❗︎ ❤︎ ➡︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ✳️ ✴️ ❄️ ❇️ ❗️ ❤️ ➡️

Diversity

The Dingbats block has four emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of skin tones using the Fitzpatrick scale:[5]

Human emoji
U+ 270A 270B 270C 270D
emoji ✊ ✋ ✌️ ✍
FITZ-1-2 ✊🏻 ✋🏻 ✌️🏻 ✍🏻
FITZ-3 ✊🏼 ✋🏼 ✌️🏼 ✍🏼
FITZ-4 ✊🏽 ✋🏽 ✌️🏽 ✍🏽
FITZ-5 ✊🏾 ✋🏾 ✌️🏾 ✍🏾
FITZ-6 ✊🏿 ✋🏿 ✌️🏿 ✍🏿

Additional human emoji can be found is other Unicode blocks: Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs and Transport and Map Symbols.

Ornamental Dingbats Unicode block

Ornamental Dingbats
Range U+1F650..U+1F67F
(48 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Common
Symbol sets Leaf ornaments, ornamental punctuation
Assigned 48 code points
Unused 0 reserved code points
Source standards dingbat fonts Webdings, Wingdings, and Wingdings 2
Unicode version history
7.0 48 (+48)
Note: [8]

The Ornamental Dingbats block (U+1F650–U+1F67F) was added to the Unicode Standard in June 2014 with the release of version 7.0. This code block contains ornamental leaves, punctuation, and ampersands, quilt squares, and checkerboard patterns. It is a subset of dingbat fonts Webdings, Wingdings, and Wingdings 2.[9]

Ornamental Dingbats[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1F65x 🙐 🙑 🙒 🙓 🙔 🙕 🙖 🙗 🙘 🙙 🙚 🙛 🙜 🙝 🙞 🙟
U+1F66x 🙠 🙡 🙢 🙣 🙤 🙥 🙦 🙧 🙨 🙩 🙪 🙫 🙬 🙭 🙮 🙯
U+1F67x 🙰 🙱 🙲 🙳 🙴 🙵 🙶 🙷 🙸 🙹 🙺 🙻 🙼 🙽 🙾 🙿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0

See also

Dingbat fonts

References

  1. ↑ "Fonts by Adobe" (PDF). adobe.com.
  2. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. ↑ The Unicode Standard Version 1.0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990–1991. ISBN 0-201-56788-1.
  4. ↑ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2015-11-12.
  5. 1 2 "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2015-11-11.
  6. ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variants". The Unicode Consortium.
  7. ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
  8. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "N4115: Proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings Symbols" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2014.

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